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Re: Etymology of "mecha" and possible fixes
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Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:00:10 GMT
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How about "Fahrframnicengut" ;-)
Sproaticus wrote:
> 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
> describe a Thunderhead Drive Industries BashMaimKill Destroyer Mark XVIIa as
> well as an electic bread dough mixer. This leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
> (2)
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> I'm looking for a better word. Does anyone have any ideas? What is used in
> the popular media other than "mecha" or "mech"?
>
> I think I'm starting to prefer the German "Gefahrengut", which the LEO
> German <-> English Dictionary (3) tells me means "dangerous goods".
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> There's also "die Tollkirshen", meaning "deadly nightshades". I like this
> one because it almost sounds like JRR Tolkien's name, but it doesn't really
> refer to a machine. Perhaps I'll use this to designate a group of
> assassins. They can all wear sunglasses. And work at night.
>
> Arg, I'm stumped...
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
>
> 1. I'm also skeptical of the notion that large, walking devices of
> questionable coordination will rule the industries and battlefields of the
> future, but that's a topic I'm going to leave on the back burner for now.
> :-P
>
> 2. Curiously, the word "anime" (an English transliteration of a Japanese
> transliteration of the English word "animation") doesn't give me any
> problems. I'm not going to worry about that right now, either. :-,
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> 3. http://dictionaries.travlang.com/GermanEnglish/
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> --
> Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
> "The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
> -- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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