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Re: mech legalities
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Mon, 14 May 2001 23:22:36 GMT
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Right on John! I too use the term "mech" only when referring to those FASA-made
excuses for mechanized robots.
BTW John!!! When is your website going to be done! I am DYING to see clear
pictures of that cool four-legged mecha that was on your Neoplastics
(currently under-construction) website a few weeks ago.
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://members.attcanada.ca/~milovan/index.htm
In lugnet.build.mecha, John Aronson writes:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > In lugnet.build.mecha, John Aronson writes:
> > > To be really correct...Mecha is the the japanese equivalent or rough
> > > translation..mecha would be written in katakana i belive and would be meka
> > > in romanji-this is just what i get from takeing japanse class and reading to
> > > wierd things...
> > > -John
> >
> > It is spelled with a "ch" because it is derived from a non-japanese word
> > (hence it being written in katakana). It is probably derived from mechanical,
> > but I don't know that for sure. :)
> >
> > Jeff
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> Yea the ch is for the true english spelling..it does come from our word for
> mechanical..basically romanji is the english generalization of japanese
> words each character/sound being written as english sounds. either way mecha
> will always stand for giant JAPANESE robots in my mind..as in when i play
> battletech i call them just mechs because there not cool enough for the full
> word. funny how the word came back here...
> -John
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| I would have to say the only "FASA" designs I liked were the rippped off Macross ones ie the LAM's and old versions of many mechs suchs as the shadow hawk and rifleman...but any way my site is on the way..evidendtly its going quite diffrent then it (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Yea the ch is for the true english spelling..it does come from our word for mechanical..basically romanji is the english generalization of japanese words each character/sound being written as english sounds. either way mecha will always stand (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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