Re: [FT] PAU Ships
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:58:09 -0400
Subject: Re: [FT] PAU Ships
I took the names of cities in:
Ruhengeri class Scout -- City in Zaire (assume Kinyarwanda or Kiswahili)
N'zeto class Corvette -- City in Angola (assume Bantu)
Mzuzu class Frigate -- City in Malawi (assume Chichewa)
Ngozi class Destroyer -- City in Brundi (assume Kirundi)
Maseru class Lt Cruiser -- City in Lesotho (assume Zulu or Xhosa)
Ghanzi class Patrol Cruiser -- City in Botswana (assume Setswana)
Tshane class Escort Cruiser -- City in Botswana (assume Setswana)
Molepolole class Escort Cruiser -- City in Botswana (assume Setswana)
Nhlangano class Hvy Cruiser -- City in Swaziland (assume siSanti)
Mhlume class Hvy Cruiser -- City in Swaziland (assume siSanti)
Ambatondrazaka class Battlecruiser -- City in Madagascar (assume
Malagasy)
Entebbe class Battleship -- City in Unganda (assume Lunganda, Swahili,
Bantu languages, or Nilotic languages)
Lambar`en`e class Battledreadnought -- City in Gabon (assume Fang,
Myene,
Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, or Bandjabi) [`e is an grave 'e', I could not
produce it in ASCII.]
At 01:40 2000-06-24 -0400, you wrote:
> >Here is my take on some PAU ships.
>
>What language(s) are the names from?
>
> >Ruhengeri class Scout (Licensed copy of ESU Lenov)
> >N'zeto class Corvette (Licensed copy of ESU Nanuchka II)
> >Mzuzu class Frigate (Licensed copy of ESU Novogrod)
> >Ngozi class Destroyer (Licensed copy of FSE San Miguel)
> >Maseru class Lt Cruiser
> >Ghanzi class Patrol Cruiser
> >Tshane class Escort Cruiser
> >Molepolole class Escort Cruiser
> >Nhlangano class Hvy Cruiser
> >Mhlume class Hvy Cruiser
> >Ambatondrazaka class Battlecruiser
> >Entebbe class Battleship
> >Lambar`en`e class Battledreadnought
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