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ccp please dont name the caldari bc the "naga"

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Florestan Bronstein
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#61 - 2011-10-29 21:45:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Florestan Bronstein
Fille Balle wrote:
Back on topic though: Surely you're not seriously suggesting that Naga sounds like the evil word that brothers call each other all the time? If anything, I'd say it'd probably sound like a bunch of people nagging. Example:

Scout: "Oh yeah, there's a bunch of naggers here."
FC: "Um, wat? U serious? People are nagging in local? R' they blue, red or grey?"
Scout: "Ehm, no dude. They're not nagging. I meant Nagas, as in the ship, the Naga."
FC: "Oh, well why didn't you say so?"
Scout: "I did!"
FC: "Allright, no need to get all naggy about it."
Scout: "That's so not funny."
FC: "Well, now you ARE nagging."
Scout: "*Sigh*, NO, now I'm gonna start nagging, because a bunch of nagas just popped my ship."
FC: "OK, I'm a bit confused now, are you saying they're nagging, or are you nagging, or are their ships nagging? What's the score here?"
Scout: "Goddammit you ******* stupid fat nerd! I just lost my ship because of your dumb fat ass! I quit!"
FC: "Oh, anybody else wanna be scout?"
Fleet: "NO!"

because nāga and nagg-a sounds just the same?

also can anybody explain the "the germans would destroy the pronunciation" comment to me?
I am German and as far as I can tell we would pronounce it reasonably well, certainly closer to its correct pronunciation than an American speaker would do intuitively.
Fille Balle
Ballbreakers R us
#62 - 2011-10-29 22:17:10 UTC
Florestan Bronstein wrote:
also can anybody explain the "the germans would destroy the pronunciation" comment to me?
I am German and as far as I can tell we would pronounce it reasonably well, certainly closer to its correct pronunciation than an American speaker would do intuitively.


Yeah, I was also a bit confused about the whole "germans will destroy it" thing. Anyways, I'm still confused about the bad N word, because I'm almost certain the bad N word has an "i" right after the "N". How excactly an "a" suddenly gets pronounced like an "i" is like, magic to me.

Naggers, well because I live in the UK and these strange people have a tendency to not pronounce "r" in a lot of words. Kind of like "word" gets pronounced: "woud" (I really suck at writing phonetically. Scratch that, I suck at writing).

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Nyio
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#63 - 2011-10-29 22:34:11 UTC
Tallian Saotome
Nuclear Arms Exchange Inc.
#64 - 2011-10-29 22:45:05 UTC
But wait, you know that this really happens!

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Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#65 - 2011-10-29 23:05:11 UTC
I'm offensive and I find this black.
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#66 - 2011-10-29 23:11:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Jaroslav Unwanted
MeBiatch wrote:
T' Elk wrote:
By creating this thread and linking 50 cent, you are now seen as a racist piece of **** in the eyes of my people. Please DIAF.



i am a african american... how can i be racist against my own people... i want ccp to change to name to take away from racits...

or are you a moron?


Let me explain it to you if you dont mind.

that so called N word is not an racist or any kind of assault unless you perceive it as such. Actually in the time long past it was an normal calling for people with black skin. Than it was changed because too many people used it as an insult / white trash people with red necks and IQ below 60/ and too many people become offended by such /black people who wasnt willing to take up the name since too much "bad stuff" was connected with it.


Anyway whole racism is just thing of past. As we all know we are all one race, black and asian/yellow/ can have children and their children can have children with white and they can have children with native americans / indians. Aka once that wont be possible than we can call be racist..

Anyway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_(disambiguation)
Commander TGK
The Deep Space Armada
#67 - 2011-10-29 23:19:01 UTC
MeBiatch wrote:
it sounds way to close to the "N" word...

Specially with all the ESL people out there....

Imagine hearing on ts2 ok i just got ganked by 3 naga's.... or omg 50 naga's just undocked...

I know the mythos behind the name is cool and all but i am afraid most people will get the naga mixed up with this



You sir are a naga for creating a thread for the express purpose of furthering ridiculous fake racism. Black people call each other the ACTUAL word all the time, and then act offended when anyone who isn't black says it. SO. Get over it and get back to pew pew whiner.
Darth Skorpius
352 Industries
#68 - 2011-10-29 23:23:19 UTC
what i find racist is that when a white person uses the n word they get yelled at and called racist, but when a black person uses it, its fine. double standards **** me off far more than any potential confusion does. either the word is offensive or its not. and if it is, then dont use it yourself or people will think its not offensive and will use it as well

/rant

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Joni Taron
Doomheim
#69 - 2011-10-29 23:26:13 UTC
How the hell are you saying it?
It's supposed to be nah-gah with two long "ah" sounds. it doesn't sound anything like the slur loosely derived from the Spanish word for black.
Learn to speak -> problem solved.

Might as well ban orange juice then, cause it implies Hebrew people have strange skin tone...
Calapine
Xeno Tech Corp
#70 - 2011-10-29 23:29:25 UTC
I want to be reimbursed for the time wasted reading this thread. Sad

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Vyktor Abyss
Abyss Research
#71 - 2011-10-29 23:29:27 UTC
If you're in a fleet with a guy saying ****** instead of naga deliberately then you're in a pretty crap fleet or he's not been kicked yet.

If you're in a fleet with a guy saying ****** accidentally instead of naga then correct him and be done with it.

It is people that see using a taboo word to shock or draw attention to themselves that show their lack of maturity and are inherently pathetic. Have faith people in game can see past this and don't do this yourself. Problem solved.
Tanya Fox
Doomheim
#72 - 2011-10-29 23:29:42 UTC
I'm would not be too happy with Naga, would keep reminding me of WoW.

For those that have never played it, they are half human half serpent mobs that dwell in and around coastal areas.
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#73 - 2011-10-29 23:43:50 UTC
Tanya Fox wrote:
I'm would not be too happy with Naga, would keep reminding me of WoW.

For those that have never played it, they are half human half serpent mobs that dwell in and around coastal areas.


and yet you got whole faction named Serpentis.
Tanya Fox
Doomheim
#74 - 2011-10-29 23:47:42 UTC
Jaroslav Unwanted wrote:
Tanya Fox wrote:
I'm would not be too happy with Naga, would keep reminding me of WoW.

For those that have never played it, they are half human half serpent mobs that dwell in and around coastal areas.


and yet you got whole faction named Serpentis.





Can't think of any mobs in WoW called Serpentis.

It's the name that reminds people not what it is.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#75 - 2011-10-29 23:50:13 UTC
Vyktor Abyss wrote:
If you're in a fleet with a guy saying ****** instead of naga deliberately then you're in a pretty crap fleet or he's not been kicked yet.

If you're in a fleet with a guy saying ****** accidentally instead of naga then correct him and be done with it.

It is people that see using a taboo word to shock or draw attention to themselves that show their lack of maturity and are inherently pathetic. Have faith people in game can see past this and don't do this yourself. Problem solved.


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Hamish Grayson
#76 - 2011-10-29 23:50:33 UTC
6/10
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
#77 - 2011-10-30 00:22:50 UTC
Dopu wrote:
racists in EVE?


That. By design we're all racists (ingame).

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Stella SGP
#78 - 2011-10-30 00:27:42 UTC
Wait wait, let me get this straight, OP uses a name that may be interpreted as something sexist and demeaning toward females, but cries about the name Naga being mistaken for a racist slur?

You are so full of yourself. GTFO
Muad 'dib
State War Academy
Caldari State
#79 - 2011-10-30 00:36:29 UTC
sweet lets name it the phuckyoo instead of naga is that still okay?

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CATPAIN KIRK
State War Academy
Caldari State
#80 - 2011-10-30 00:42:07 UTC
Whats a niga anwyay?