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Thought Fugenboy an odd name
Oct 08, 2010
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assumed 'ass' meant something like 'ace'
There's an ace of spades on the image. This got me curious, and I found this:
Fugen??? Lit. universally good (Sk: Samantabhadra)
From Japanese Buddhism. Perhaps the origin?
Andy
that seem to cause amusement to others.(I have had them for years and they have not broken)
F Murtz gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
I've got an English-language brochure for the Chinese market, locally- built Citroen ZX saloon.
The DongFeng Fukang 988.
The text keeps referring to "the Fukang car"...
Given that "fugen" is the German verb for "to caulk", I'd wonder. (And "ass" is in fact German for "ace")
I was obviously wrong about the Buddhism.
Now, who can get me a go on the Gorch Fock?
Andy
Pseudonym of a German fisherman and author who seems to have been their Conrad, and the two ships were named after him. However I've no idea what it meant.
In several Scandinavian languages a fock is a jib (as in foresail).
Andy
And "Ficklover" is a bar of chocolate IIRC
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