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Re: Etymology of "mecha" and possible fixes
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 3 May 1999 16:00:42 GMT
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jsproat@{AvoidSpam}geocities.com
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> [...] the word Gungan was coined by Lucas's son.
> His son meant it to apply to big beasts -- mechanical, in fact, IIRC.
> And not only does
> it subconsciously contain the word "gun," but the word "gung" also means
> "extremely or overly zealous or enthusiastic," which could permute into
> "trigger-happy." :)
:-, 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 pretty sappy. :-P
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"I prefer the term para-mental. It keeps me out of the loony bin."
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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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