Christopher A. Lee <calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
Hate to be pedantic, but the english don't have gorillas either........
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