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Oleg Mastruko -> Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 1:06:11 AM)

My Top 20 list of favorite placenames in WITP:

20. Tjilitjap
19. Wotje
18. Balikpapan
17. Djokjakarta (say what? [&:])
16. Foochow (reminds me of "fu*ked up" somehow)
15. Hailar (not a jaw-breaker, just a cool name [8D])
14. Teloekbetoeng
13. Kwajalein (would be cool if I'd know to pronounce it [8D])
12. Eniwetok
11. Dutch Harbor (why it does not have Dutchie flag then? [:D])
10. French Frigate Shoals (WTF? french frigate?)
09. Ondorhaan (in Mongolia)
08. Wewak
07. Thousand Ships Bay (suits the game fine)
06. Vladivostok (nothing exotic, just a cool name [8D])
05. Soerabaja
04. Gili Gili (always a special place in any UV players heart)
03. Myitkyina
02. Trincomalee (not Tirmcomalee as its misspelled in game)

And Oleg's #1 favorite placename in WITP is, ta-daam:

01. Siemrem Reap [&o][&o][&o]

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Special section! Double trouble!

- Gili Gili! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Tawi Tawi! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Pago Pago! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Sag Sag! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Iloilo! [sm=00000436.gif]

Oleg Oleg



Fallschirmjager -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 1:10:45 AM)

Goodenough Island

Ironic since its good for nothing...



Mr.Frag -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 2:09:09 AM)

quote:

Goodenough Island

Ironic since its good for nothing...


Thats the point ... it was *Good* *enough* to call it an *Island* but not much else [;)]



Williamb -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 2:11:46 AM)

Of course you have MIDWAY which is midway to nowhere.



DrewMatrix -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 2:12:42 AM)

"Badenough Island" already was the setting for an opera, (not to mention it's frequent mention in "Rocky and Bullwinkle") so they had to use a variation on that name.



RUPD3658 -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 3:46:13 AM)

#13 Qua (as in Quad) -je-lean (My grandfather was stationed there)

#20, 17, and 14...no freaking idea. My mouth cramps just trying. I guess you need to be Dutch.



cyberwop36 -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 3:49:48 AM)

Upolu, never heard of it til i got a message saying it built something. Sounds dirty.

16.Foochow- reminds me of FUBAR, thats where you probably get that.



Bodhi -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 4:06:05 AM)

I was just Peking at the forums with I noticed this thread. Nice to see a thread where people aren't getting Hanoi'd over aircraft production. They raise such a Hue and cry. At least it was over aircraft and not a Truk. It's not as if anyone's telling a Lae, otherwise it'd be time to Batan down the hatches. Wake up will you, and try to meet each other Midway.

Wotje think everyone?

As my mother said to me the other day when she was in her Wellingtons and Bikini, "would you like a Port, Arthur?" "No, just Buru some tea" was my reply. But that's another story.

PS. Sorry about my bad Taiping, maybe I'll get better Lucknow I've posted this.[;)]



RUPD3658 -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 4:19:32 AM)

Ulithi sounds like something you should see a urologist about.

"I have a burning sensation in my Ulithi".



Zorfwaddle -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 4:32:06 AM)

Tarakan - It also means "cockroach" in Russian... in the area language (Indonesian/Malaysian etc) it probably means "place of the Taraks" :-)



satisfaction -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 5:39:31 AM)

Pontianak....I wonder if they make a Dutch version of the Firebird?

(Pontiac did make the firebird....right?)



fbastos -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 7:15:52 AM)

hehehehehe...

05. The Angels!
04. Saint Francis!
03. Port-On-Land! (makes a creepy sense.. there isn't any port there)
02. City of United States! (Let's get Changri-La too!)
01. Van Couvert (some Dutch-French guy must have landed there)

And I didn't even cross the coast! :)

Regards
F.



Apollo11 -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 4:23:14 PM)

Hi all,

quote:

ORIGINAL: Oleg Mastruko

My Top 20 list of favorite placenames in WITP:

20. Tjilitjap
19. Wotje
18. Balikpapan
17. Djokjakarta (say what? [&:])
16. Foochow (reminds me of "fu*ked up" somehow)
15. Hailar (not a jaw-breaker, just a cool name [8D])
14. Teloekbetoeng
13. Kwajalein (would be cool if I'd know to pronounce it [8D])
12. Eniwetok
11. Dutch Harbor (why it does not have Dutchie flag then? [:D])
10. French Frigate Shoals (WTF? french frigate?)
09. Ondorhaan (in Mongolia)
08. Wewak
07. Thousand Ships Bay (suits the game fine)
06. Vladivostok (nothing exotic, just a cool name [8D])
05. Soerabaja
04. Gili Gili (always a special place in any UV players heart)
03. Myitkyina
02. Trincomalee (not Tirmcomalee as its misspelled in game)

And Oleg's #1 favorite placename in WITP is, ta-daam:

01. Siemrem Reap [&o][&o][&o]

------------------------------------

Special section! Double trouble!

- Gili Gili! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Tawi Tawi! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Pago Pago! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Sag Sag! [sm=00000436.gif]
- Iloilo! [sm=00000436.gif]

Oleg Oleg


LOL

[:)][8D][;)][:D]


Leo "Apollo11"



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 5:22:29 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Ulithi sounds like something you should see a urologist about.

"I have a burning sensation in my Ulithi".


[:D]



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 5:23:59 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bodhi

I was just Peking at the forums with I noticed this thread. Nice to see a thread where people aren't getting Hanoi'd over aircraft production. They raise such a Hue and cry. At least it was over aircraft and not a Truk. It's not as if anyone's telling a Lae, otherwise it'd be time to Batan down the hatches. Wake up will you, and try to meet each other Midway.

Wotje think everyone?

As my mother said to me the other day when she was in her Wellingtons and Bikini, "would you like a Port, Arthur?" "No, just Buru some tea" was my reply. But that's another story.

PS. Sorry about my bad Taiping, maybe I'll get better Lucknow I've posted this.[;)]


Bad WITP poster, bad WITP poster [:-][;)]



Marc von Martial -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 5:25:16 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bodhi

I was just Peking at the forums with I noticed this thread. Nice to see a thread where people aren't getting Hanoi'd over aircraft production. They raise such a Hue and cry. At least it was over aircraft and not a Truk. It's not as if anyone's telling a Lae, otherwise it'd be time to Batan down the hatches. Wake up will you, and try to meet each other Midway.

Wotje think everyone?

As my mother said to me the other day when she was in her Wellingtons and Bikini, "would you like a Port, Arthur?" "No, just Buru some tea" was my reply. But that's another story.

PS. Sorry about my bad Taiping, maybe I'll get better Lucknow I've posted this.[;)]


LOL [image]http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/micons/m6.gif[/image]



dr. smith -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 6:35:57 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bodhi

They raise such a Hue and cry.


Hate to be a stickler [:D], but isn't "Hue" pronounced "Way" (opening up a myriad of possibilities!), similar Vietnamese boggler is "Nguyen" pronounced "Win"



jhdeerslayer -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 6:39:16 PM)

As soon as Gili Gili is renamed Milne Bay I will be in WITP heaven. [:D]



Grotius -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 7:53:10 PM)

I like it as Gili Gili. Maybe they could add Milne Bay to the map, if it's not on there already?

I miss Hoskins from UV. That name sounds so ... British.

My favorites are Pago Pago, Gili Gili, and Sag Sag. Sag Sag sounds like what will happen to my waistline if I keep playing this game 24/7. :)



Oliver Heindorf -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 8:05:53 PM)

LOL !!

Yeah Sag Sag...reminds me of the prision Sinig Sing ..... [:D]



von Murrin -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/17/2004 9:14:21 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bodhi

I was just Peking at the forums with I noticed this thread. Nice to see a thread where people aren't getting Hanoi'd over aircraft production. They raise such a Hue and cry. At least it was over aircraft and not a Truk. It's not as if anyone's telling a Lae, otherwise it'd be time to Batan down the hatches. Wake up will you, and try to meet each other Midway.

Wotje think everyone?

As my mother said to me the other day when she was in her Wellingtons and Bikini, "would you like a Port, Arthur?" "No, just Buru some tea" was my reply. But that's another story.

PS. Sorry about my bad Taiping, maybe I'll get better Lucknow I've posted this.[;)]


ROFL! Very clever![:D]



soeren01 -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/18/2004 12:23:48 AM)

My favorite is Soerenbaja , sorry Soerabaja



Bodhi -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/18/2004 12:34:29 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: dr. smith

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bodhi

They raise such a Hue and cry.


Hate to be a stickler [:D], but isn't "Hue" pronounced "Way" (opening up a myriad of possibilities!), similar Vietnamese boggler is "Nguyen" pronounced "Win"


No Hue, I Nguyen! [:D]



DrewMatrix -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/23/2004 11:04:27 PM)

I just found Sag-Sag

I presume this is the place the islanders send the aging hula dancers



Graycompany -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/24/2004 2:36:38 AM)

In regards to French frigate shoals, you might be suprised to know that
lore on the island indicated that the area was discovered several hundred years ago by a French Naval Officer, Jean comte de la Perouse, who literally stumbled onto the area by accident and spent several months shipwrecked on the shoal until the crew could repair the ship.
During the early part of the war, the Japanese occasionally used it to refuel seaplanes from a submarine. In one instance a seaplane raid on Pearl Harbor was refueled from this location. When they tried to do this again, after the Battle of Midway, they found that a complete Naval Air Station had been constructed by the U.S. That attack plan was cancelled. The shoal was now an important emergency stopover and navigational point for aircraft flying between Hawaii and Midway.



Zorfwaddle -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/24/2004 2:58:51 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Grotius

I like it as Gili Gili. Maybe they could add Milne Bay to the map, if it's not on there already?

I miss Hoskins from UV. That name sounds so ... British.

My favorites are Pago Pago, Gili Gili, and Sag Sag. Sag Sag sounds like what will happen to my waistline if I keep playing this game 24/7. :)


Here I am with the linguistics thing again. Giling is a noun in Tagalog meaning "grinding." Which leads to what asking for "giling giling" will get you in the PI... [:D]

PS Gili is another noun meaning "a rolling motion with the hand"....



Fishu -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/24/2004 4:40:27 AM)

Pisanuloke.

First time I saw it with the corner of my eye and read "Pissanuloke", with an extra S.
Nothing weird in that for a foreigner... but in finnish "Pissan uloke" would mean about "Ledge of piss"



Theng -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/24/2004 5:12:19 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Beezle

"Badenough Island" already was the setting for an opera, (not to mention it's frequent mention in "Rocky and Bullwinkle") so they had to use a variation on that name.


Actually that's an opera called "Boris Godunov" by Gergiev and Rocky and Bullwinkle played off that. While not a real fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle I really appreciate their double layered humor - one for the kids and one for the parents - Shrek was very good that way too. The kids were laughing at one place in the movie and the adults at another.



DrewMatrix -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/24/2004 6:01:02 PM)

quote:

that's an opera called "Boris Godunov" by Gergiev


No no no. You hca fallen into a common mistake for those unfamiliar opera. "Boris" was actually a parody of the earlier opera "The Pearl Fishers go Hawaiian" which was set in Badenough Island. Bizet had a vacation home there. (Bizet was a big fan of Deep Sea Fishing. Which explains a lot). The Pearl Fishers go Hawaiian was remade yet again in the 1960s as one of the Gidget movies.



Grapeape -> RE: Favorite placenames in WITP (8/24/2004 6:28:59 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Beezle

I just found Sag-Sag

I presume this is the place the islanders send the aging hula dancers


Oddly enough, it means "Spinach Spinach" in Tamil (the Indian language...thank my Indian Cookbooks for that one!)



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