> Matt Grimaldi wrote > >> Lance A. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What is the fascination (mania? obsession?) with the word >> "maru" on this list? > > This whole thing started because, for a time, there were a > large number of brin-lers that also belonged to the list for > fans of Ian Banks' Culture series. > (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture) > > A feature of the books (I gather) is to name spaceships by > their designation (GCU, ROU, and others, similar to the way > that naval ships are organized into classes based on size, > speed, and purpose) along with something apropos to the > personality of the owner, mission, commander, or whatever > (e.g.: ROU Nail in the coffin). > > The members of the Culture list would often put such a ship > name in their signatures even when they were sending > messages on Brin-L. > This simply would not do :-), so we started using Maru > designations instead. As to why that particular word, others > have better explanations than I could give.
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