On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:24:59 -0800, Dan Clore
<clore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>T Guy wrote:
>> ( tphile <tph...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> re The Gods of Japan):
>>
>>> and Godzilla stomped on all 8 million of them. Thou shalt have no
>>> other gods under me or they go splat Don't mess with the Big G
>
>> Is that why he's called God zilla?
>
>You do have to wonder how "Gojira" became "Godzilla" in English.
From Wikipedia:
"The name "Godzilla" is a rough romanization of Gojira (???, Gojira?),
a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (???, lit. "gorilla"?)
and kujira (???, lit. "whale"?). At one planning stage, the concept
of "Gojira" was described as "a cross between a gorilla and a whale,"
alluding to Godzilla's size, power and aquatic origin."
[Me] Gorira is an obvious im****t from the English because Japan
doesn't have gorillas.
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