did the ns dev team realise that kharaa is arabic for "sh1t"? honestly this is true. i wonder how arabs feel about this while playing as aliens in ns, anyone here arabic?
and why exactly would it be locked? its a pertinant question, does this name offend arabs? i have no idea, its doubtful. but i would like to know. its like when coca cola released a well known slogan but it china the slogan translated as "coca cola, the drink that revives your ancestors".
That's interesting. Come to think of it, Hebrew for... er.. the same thing is "chara" with the "ch" as gutteral. Similar sounding....
The version about "coca-cola" sounding wacky in Chinese that I heard was that it translated as "bite the wax tadpole". I wonder how many other versions there are. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
yeah i heard about the "bite the wax tadpole" thing too, maybe they ballsed it up twice in china. but its interesting to think how many products have lost popularity and sales in foriegn countrys because of a badly translated slogan or logo. millions in revenue could be at stake.
so youve got a good natured question about the origin of the word, but the title line, Kharaa Nice Name For Arabs, sounds like its a nice name FOR arabs, and youre being racist =/
thats why this thread shouldve been locked. but i guess since you didnt mean it that way its okay.
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and yeah.......ya need the name of this thread changed.....it sounds bad <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
that wasnt my intention at all, i meant do they find it offensive or not its purely a rheorical question, and i am in no way racist. as a matter of fact it was an old girlfriend who told me the origin of this word (and she was egyptian)
So she isn't Egyptian anymore? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--blue2k+Mar 3 2003, 07:21 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (blue2k @ Mar 3 2003, 07:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yeah i heard about the "bite the wax tadpole" thing too, maybe they ballsed it up twice in china. but its interesting to think how many products have lost popularity and sales in foriegn countrys because of a badly translated slogan or logo. millions in revenue could be at stake. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I wrote my name in and got horseraddish tree...
thats what i really meant. the NAME of the thread is gonna get it locked. and who gives a %$@! really. in russian, "kharaa" means "would a mod please lock this forum before the total flaming starts."
Do you know what 'Arab' means in Kharaa language? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
I think it was pretty well explained in the game story documents that Kharaa, in Mongolian, means "Watch out!" or something. So that would pretty much indicate where it came from, no matter what you think it might be from.
<!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Mar 3 2003, 03:16 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Mar 3 2003, 03:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I guess it's more insulting to aliens than to arabs... You should be more worried about if we called arabs Kharaa...
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The version about "coca-cola" sounding wacky in Chinese that I heard was that it translated as "bite the wax tadpole". I wonder how many other versions there are. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
thats why this thread shouldve been locked. but i guess since you didnt mean it that way its okay.
wow, im gonna start a stop watch to see how long it takes this thread to get locked...ready...set...go!
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LMFAO <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
and yeah.......ya need the name of this thread changed.....it sounds bad <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
"Kharaa happens."
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I wrote my name in and got horseraddish tree...
Ben Dunsby.
-K
bacon bits?
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yes, its not as if arabs know of Half Life, or Natural Selection...or have computers..
or am i pushing it too far in saying that?