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Gorilla war

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 19:01:04 +0200
Subject: Gorilla war

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From: "Scott Siebold" <gamers@ameritech.net>
> (direct combat as opposed to gorilla war)

Pardon me being pedantic, but this is a pet peeve of mine.

A 'Gorilla' is big ape.
A 'Guerrilla' war is partisan warfare (the diminutive of Spanish
'Guerra' -
war).

In the context of 'Planet of the Apes' you might have a 'Gorilla War',
but
not in a discussion of real world military.

Greetings
Karl Heinz


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