RE: Wartime references for Aliens

Robert Deakin was the first (AFAIK) to dub the Kra'Vak "Karla" in his
story
"Karla's Kidnap" (see http://www.ftsr.org/scifi/karla.html). 

I have also heard them called "Worthogs" as Jon's sculpting to make them
less na-Preditor gives them a somewhat Wild-Pig look (a lot depends on
the
paint).

I have not seen the Phalon infantry, so I do not know what "acceptable
in
mixed company" name would be given them. 
Nic at Eureka describes them as "A very different race of aliens getting
away from the usual humanoid stereotypes - the Phalons have single
three-lobed eyes, an extra joint in arms and legs and semi-biotech
equipment."
Cyclops may be an acceptible term.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Arndt [SMTP:emu2020@wattosjunkyard.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:03 PM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Wartime references for Aliens
> 
> In every war we have those wonderfully colorful slanderous terms for
the
> enemy.  In Vietnam, we had 'Charlie' and in WW2 it was the 'Krauts'
and
> "Gerry".  In modern times we've had others.  now I know none of these
is
> very cool in an enlightened social sense, but they are present in
every
> war.
> 
> Has anyone given any thought to what the aliens and governments might
be
> called in the Tufflyverse?
> 
> Would Kr'Vak be called "Kilo-Victor" and referred to as "Victor"
> Would we just refer to the Phalons as "Dickies"
>  or worse
> What what?
> 
> Might be handy for those of us who like to write background for
scenarios.
> 
> Eli
> 
> 
> 
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