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  • HUGE Whale Clan

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  • GREAT Whale Clan

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  • GIANT Whale Clan

    2 22.22%
  • GIGANTIC Whale Clan

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Thread: The Great/Huge/Giant/Gigantic Whale Clan

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    Default The Great/Huge/Giant/Gigantic Whale Clan

    Featured in HSDS, the _____ Whale Clan has been translated in various flavors, including:

    Great Whale Clan
    Huge Whale Clan
    Giant Whale Clan
    Gigantic Whale Clan

    The Chinese name is 巨鲸派

    Which name do you think best fits the bill?

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    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Great Whale Clan sounds good to me.

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    It is the wrong '鲸' or I would prefer BIG SPERM CLAN!
    Its BIxie Jianfa Gawdammit you guys!!!!

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    Option five: Titanic Whale Clan!
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    You have too much time.
    Giant.
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    Quote Originally Posted by yittz View Post
    You have too much time.
    Giant.
    I could have sworn that it said Massive at first glance. Did you change it to "Giant" or did I have a momentary hallucination?
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Wo Xing View Post
    Option five: Titanic Whale Clan!
    Two thumbs up on that one.

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    Here are a few more possibilities:

    JUMBO Whale Clan
    HERCULEAN Whale Clan
    MAMMOTH Whale Clan

    and

    BROBDINGNAGIAN Whale Clan
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Big-Time name aside, did this particular clan/sect accomplish anything big? I seem to remember that their only real function was to play Tse Tsun victims.

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    Their contribution to the story is quite the Lilliputian.
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Well, at least the name is somewhat impressive...better than something like "Divine Farmer's Union," or anything like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PJ View Post
    Here are a few more possibilities:

    JUMBO Whale Clan
    HERCULEAN Whale Clan
    MAMMOTH Whale Clan

    and

    BROBDINGNAGIAN Whale Clan
    GINORMOUS Whale Clan?

    HUMONGOUS Whale Clan?

    BIG Whale Clan?

    COLOSSAL Whale Clan?

    LARGE Whale Clan?
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    So, after 2 years, I'm still not sure which translation to use for this lovable clan.

    But I'm leaning towards one of these:

    JUMBO whale clan
    COLOSSAL whale clan
    GARGANTUAN whale clan
    MAMMOTH whale clan
    TITANIC whale clan

    and

    BROBDINGNAGIAN whale clan
    忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Cheng View Post
    Well, at least the name is somewhat impressive...better than something like "Divine Farmer's Union," or anything like that.
    It only sounds bad when translated into English... In the original language, it sounds just fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Cheng View Post
    Well, at least the name is somewhat impressive...better than something like "Divine Farmer's Union," or anything like that.
    Divine Farmer's Union? What the?

    Great, Giant, and Gigantic doesn't sound so poetic. I prefer the Great Whale Clan. Titanic is cool, just too modern.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yuet Thi View Post
    Divine Farmer's Union? What the?

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    i think it was the clan that duan yu got into a problem with begining of the novel when he laughed at one of the ppl in it......or was it the one in which he and zhou ling where trapped by? i don't remember but i think it was one of those
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alinda View Post
    i think it was the clan that duan yu got into a problem with begining of the novel when he laughed at one of the ppl in it......or was it the one in which he and zhou ling where trapped by? i don't remember but i think it was one of those
    They were the ones who took Chung Ling prisoner, and whose chief (See Hung Yeun) was poisoned by the bite of Chung Ling's marten. On Teen San Tung Lo's orders, the Divine Farmer's Union was going to make war against the two Mo Leung Sword Sects. Deun Yu was hoping to convince the Divine Farmer's Union to abandon their plan to attack the Mo Leung Sword Sects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Cheng View Post
    They were the ones who took Chung Ling prisoner, and whose chief (See Hung Yeun) was poisoned by the bite of Chung Ling's marten. On Teen San Tung Lo's orders, the Divine Farmer's Union was going to make war against the two Mo Leung Sword Sects. Deun Yu was hoping to convince the Divine Farmer's Union to abandon their plan to attack the Mo Leung Sword Sects.
    ohhhhh i thought it was one of them didn't know which one it was
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