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| Soulseeker3.0 |
 Mar 2 2005, 04:43 AM
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in french class today i found the word un ordinateur which means computer and atomatiacally thought of the ordinaters in morrowind. do you think the devs riped of of the french (amoung other languages)?
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| General Edor Crespin |
Mar 2 2005, 09:03 PM
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It's always been pretty clear to me that "Ordinator" has something to do with "order". To give orders, to maintain order, etc. I didn't learn it was French(ish) word until I read The Difference Engine.
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Soulseeker3.0 ordinators Mar 2 2005, 04:43 AM
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