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Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« on: July 17, 2005, 11:56:50 pm »
If someone could make a definition list for me of the orz for the *happy campers* that would be great, because im too lazy to fiqure it out for myself, someone please make a list for me or tell me where one is..    Smiley
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Re: Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2005, 12:18:47 am »
http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/sc2/aliens/orz.shtml

Bear in mind that these are just ideas. The definitions are up to interpretation. These are the obvious ones that come into mind first, but there are many other possibilities that would show a different character to the orz.
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Re: Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2005, 01:08:36 am »
Remember that if a direct translation worked, the translation computer wouldn't be using lingual best-fits.
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Re: Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2005, 07:06:45 pm »
I always took "*camper*" to mean "mortal", myself.
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Re: Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2005, 09:08:44 pm »
That doesn't quite fit "You are not even *campers*. Why are you coming to our *house*?".
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Re: Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2005, 09:32:40 pm »
IMNSHO, *camper* means something like friend or ally; more specifically, a person who lets Orz invade them in a friendly sort of way. That fits Meep-eep's example better.
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Re: Someone please make Orz Dictionary!
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2005, 01:38:57 am »
I always thought of *camper* as "dimensional traveller" and *happy camper* as "friendly dimensional traveller" but I could be wrong.

Like the guy said- A lot is up to interpretation. That's the genius of the Orz scenes.
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