How the Engineers call themselves?

Started by Immortan Jonesy, Nov 11, 2019, 05:58:22 AM

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How the Engineers call themselves? (Read 15,543 times)

Local Trouble

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 23, 2019, 02:33:22 AM
I wonder where the Mundus Gubernavi comes from.

Looks like Latin so I doubt that's what they'd call themselves.

Immortan Jonesy

Then it must be something made by human researchers in order to classify them, such as in the case with the Alien : Lingua foeda acheronsis,  Internecivus raptus.

[cancerblack]

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 23, 2019, 08:21:31 PM
Linguafoeda acheronsis,  Internecivus raptus.


Lawd, those names /cringe

Xenomrph

Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 23, 2019, 11:01:59 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 23, 2019, 08:21:31 PM
Linguafoeda acheronsis,  Internecivus raptus.


Lawd, those names /cringe
I never had a problem with either of those, to be honest.

Samhain13

Just calling them aliens or xenomorphs is enough.

Local Trouble

Quote from: Xenomrph on Nov 24, 2019, 05:13:19 PM
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 23, 2019, 11:01:59 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 23, 2019, 08:21:31 PM
Linguafoeda acheronsis,  Internecivus raptus.


Lawd, those names /cringe
I never had a problem with either of those, to be honest.

Can you make them both fit?

Xenomrph

Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 24, 2019, 08:06:47 PM
Quote from: Xenomrph on Nov 24, 2019, 05:13:19 PM
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Nov 23, 2019, 11:01:59 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 23, 2019, 08:21:31 PM
Linguafoeda acheronsis,  Internecivus raptus.


Lawd, those names /cringe
I never had a problem with either of those, to be honest.

Can you make them both fit?
Different terminology for different purposes ("human" vs "homo sapien"), or one was an "in house" name used by one group, or one was an early name that was later discarded in favor of another taxonomy for whatever reason. That's off the top of my head.

javablue

Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 11, 2019, 05:58:22 AM
Humans call them Engineers, but...

Is there any info, whether from any script or novel, that indicates how they call themselves?

Shaw calls them Engineers (the big bald guys). Engineers probably call themselves human (given that's what they are).

Source: the movie Prometheus.

Immortan Jonesy

Immortan Jonesy

#38
Quote from: javablue on Dec 27, 2019, 08:27:14 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Nov 11, 2019, 05:58:22 AM
Humans call them Engineers, but...

Is there any info, whether from any script or novel, that indicates how they call themselves?

Shaw calls them Engineers (the big bald guys). Engineers probably call themselves human (given that's what they are).

Source: the movie Prometheus.

Yes the Engineers are "humans" since they are genetically equivalent to us. But that is not their name. We invented the word "human." We came later. I would say that we are whatever they are. They are the original blueprint. We are just copies of them in the Alien universe context. Just as an example (don't take it so seriously) I'd say that we are the mini-me of the "Ossians". The human concept is coming from creatures that began to exist after the Engineers, which is also  word invented by us for the sake of give them a name.

Local Trouble

Just call them Malakas.

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Immortan Jonesy

I'd say you're onto something. They left a map that leads to their military installation anyway so  :laugh:

Local Trouble

Local Trouble

#41
Quote from: Local Trouble on Nov 22, 2019, 11:07:32 PM
"Mala'kak" was a typical 90s attempt at a generic alien-sounding name, right down to the obligatory apostrophe.

Never one to shy away from exposing my own idiocy, I just discovered that the name was probably derived from "mal'ak ha-mashḥit," which is Hebrew for "destroying angel."  I checked the Xenopedia, but I didn't see any notes there pointing it out.

https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mala%27kak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroying_angel_(Bible)

Or is this common knowledge and I was just super late to the party?

BlueMarsalis79

Did not know that, but I like it, especially with Ridley Scott's comparison to fallen angels.

Immortan Jonesy

I didn't know this either.  8)

Local Trouble

Why didn't SM tell us?!

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