Dan Clore <clore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Which still doesn't address how the God got in Godzilla.
Why, he just opened up his heart,of course......which also covers the
sequels, he got born again.....
>
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