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Hey "mecha" fans, I need a new word to describe large, walking machines with bad attitudes. (1) The word in vogue right now -- "mecha" -- is an English transliteration of a Japanese transliteration of the English word "machinery", which could (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks for the German2English link. Here's some I found that might help inspire you: noble metal -- das Edelmetall stalker -- der Anschleicher hacksaw -- die Metallsaege cutthroat -- Halsabschneider thug -- Strolch thug -- Verbrecher (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! !DING! I like, I like! Thank you! :-, (...) These are all good, too. Danke. One more I'm going to have to use for an individual model: die Fledermaus. Tick fans might appreciate the significance of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What *is* the translation of that? Or is there one? Adam (hoping to have a complete Tick video library in about a month....) bwappo@ee.net (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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How about "Fahrframnicengut" ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Quick German lesson: fliegen: to fly die maus: the mouse die Fledermaus: the flying mouse aka: the bat SPOON!! (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You are aware, sir, that by admitting to posessing this collection, you have obligated yourself to letting me borrow them. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Or opera fans... James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think "mecha" comes from "mechanized", as in "mechanized battle armor". FASA (I think) took it and "Americanized" it to "mech". (...) "Anime" is from French, BTW. In Japan, anything animated is called anime, including Disney. Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes, destiny has her hand on my back, and she's *pushing*! Adam bwappo@ee.net (25 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Maybe some prefix and suffix gymnastics will turn something up...lessee... (...) mega- monstr- gargantu- grande- (...) -ped -pod -saur robo- (...) disgruntl- clomp- stomp- smash- mash- havoc- tyranno- Putting those together, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What? You think not? I *like* 'em. :-) Sounds like a good subset function of the set name generator - the model name generator. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I just remembered -- somewhere I read in an interview with George Lucas that the word Gungan was coined by Lucas's son. But his son didn't mean it to apply to a race of amphibious humanoid creatures (as it applies in SW Ep1). His son meant it (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) :-, I especially like that trigger-happy part. Thanks for the info! I've settled for a pidgin-German mix, "Kriegmacht", meaning roughly "presence of conflict". "macht" really means power, force, or presence, but using those first two sounded (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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