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Offensive Nation Name

CSW
14-08-2005, 06:15
Name: Edete Stercum


Rough translation:
Edete, from Edo, edere, edi, esum, which means "to eat". In this form, it is a plural imperative, which translates as "you (plural, command) eat", or just "eat (command)"

Stercum, from stercus, -oris, dung (shit), it looks like it's declined wrong, but that's the only word close, and if you make the assumption that Stercus declines like any other 2nd declention noun, it's in the singular accusative (direct object), so it translates as "you (command) eat dung", or simply "eat shit". It's really translated badly (stercus -oris should be in the plural accusative of whatever declension it's in), and there is the possibilty that I'm mistranslating it, so if you would be so kind...
Euroslavia
14-08-2005, 06:24
Offensive names need to be reported to the Getting Help Page: http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=help/pin=-1/target=help/


~The Modified Freedom Forces of Euroslavia
Nationstates Forum Moderator~
CSW
14-08-2005, 06:39
Offensive names need to be reported to the Getting Help Page: http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=help/pin=-1/target=help/


~The Modified Freedom Forces of Euroslavia
Nationstates Forum Moderator~
Righto, I just saw it in the forums, so one would assume it goes in forum help...
Euroslavia
14-08-2005, 06:45
Righto, I just saw it in the forums, so one would assume it goes in forum help...


Read the stickies: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=390152
CSW
14-08-2005, 06:47
Read the stickies: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=390152
It's not in either "do not post here" or "post here". Nor does the report abuse page have a specific area for reporting abusive names.
Euroslavia
14-08-2005, 06:48
Here:
I. Getting Help
Getting Help Page
The Getting Help Page is where you need to go for parts of the game that don’t involved the forums such as reviving a nation, checking a region for UN multi’s, bad nation names, and any sort of abusive or spam telegrams that you have received. Remember, if you received a telegram like that, DO NOT DELETE IT. The moderators will need it for evidence.

Getting Help from the Mods (Thread in Moderation)


Bad Nation Names
UN Multi’s
Abusive Messages
Nation Revival
Nation Hacking
Forum Ban Not Expired When It Should Have
CSW
14-08-2005, 06:53
Here:
Heh. Okay. I wasn't arguing with you your modness.