Dan Clore wrote:
> Christopher A. Lee wrote:
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>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:24:59 -0800, Dan Clore
>> <clore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> T Guy wrote:
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>>>> ( 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?
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>
>>> You do have to wonder how "Gojira" became "Godzilla" in English.
>>
>>
>> From Wikipedia:
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>> "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.
>
>
> Which still doesn't address how the God got in Godzilla.
>
It was the same guy who put the Ram in the Rama Lama Ding Dong.
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