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Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

I'm back at work on my long-delayed transport and cargo ship project. I need some suggestions for a space-going version of Air France, but unfortunately no absolutely no French. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Please label any joke suggestions as such!

Thanks in advance.

Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :

J'suis confus...

What is it you're after? A French name for a French-ish carrier, which does not use French at all? Toughie...

If so, I guess you could go with any number of proper nouns. Arc de Triomphe Air, Louvre Luggers, etc. France's main port cities include Marseille, Sete, Bayonne...

Mark <--- francophone

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

No, Masao spelled 'know' as 'no' - as in he "knows no French" so needs help devising a French name.

Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on :

Well, the obvious would be "Espace France", but I'm not sure they would choose that... How about "Etoile France" ("Star France")? Not sure about the accents, though. Or whether they would rather use the plural instead of the singular form, either.
Maybe "AstroFrance" would be the best choice...

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I guess "Space France" or "Aerospace France" would be too obvious?

Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :

Ahh, okay.

The French word for areospace is "Aerospatial". That's way too cool a word NOT to use. [Smile]

Mark

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Sorry for the bad spelling in the initial request; I'm trying to go to go completely phonetic!

Aerospatiale is a cool name, but is already used as the name of a French aerospace company and suggests airborne versus only spaceborne vehicles.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I think we can give the lad from Japan a break with English problems, since Jason has spoken it all his life and still struggles with basic concepts like spelling, grammar, spelling, and spelling.

Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :

Here's a list of French shipping companies, which may help.

BTW, Masao, I've just noticed that your Queen Mary 6 is breaking the law; it's illegal for any ship not belonging to the RN to fly the Union Jack. She should be carrying the Red Ensign.

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Wraith:
BTW, Masao, I've just noticed that your Queen Mary 6 is breaking the law; it's illegal for any ship not belonging to the RN to fly the Union Jack. She should be carrying the Red Ensign.

I suspect that the UK no longer exists as an independent political entity. My idea is that companies based in what used to be territories of the old nation-states continue to use the flags for reasons of nostalgia/self-identification.

Thanks for the link.

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

But we still invaided France in WW3, which is why all the Frenchmen in the future have English accents.

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PsyLiam:
I think we can give the lad from Japan a break with English problems, since Jason has spoken it all his life and still struggles with basic concepts like spelling, grammar, spelling, and spelling.

I ain't in no need of no help from no one. I is not Japakneeze, I just live here.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

In that case, I am going to come down on you like an 80 kilo sack of grammar potatoes.

Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Masao:
I suspect that the UK no longer exists as an independent political entity. My idea is that companies based in what used to be territories of the old nation-states continue to use the flags for reasons of nostalgia/self-identification.

Well, obviously, I prefer to think of it as the United Kingdom of Earth but there we go... [Wink]

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PsyLiam:
In that case, I am going to come down on you like an 80 kilo sack of grammar potatoes.

You don't scare me, bub. I am a high school graduate (well, junior high) and the spawn of nonconsanguineous parents. In the words of Kirsten Dunst and my nation's misguided C-in-C, "Bring it on!"

Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

Now that you talk like that, it almost has to be 'Freedom Spacelines'.

Posted by Kobi (Member # 1360) on :

If you think that flags will be used for nostalgic reasons, then they will use the correct flag.

However actually I think that there will only be multinational companies to have own space lines...

Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :

Spacebus? Seriously Airbus is more likely to lead to a space line than any individual European country's efforts. European Spacelines?

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Harry:
Now that you talk like that, it almost has to be 'Freedom Spacelines'.

Yikes! Freedom Airlines (49 kb)

Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :

Now, now. It's not like the Americans have a copyright on the word.

Mark

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Nguyen:
Now, now. It's not like the Americans have a copyright on the word.

Mark

I guess you haven't read the fine print. If you use "freedom" without the express written permission of the US Government, it will lock you up and throw away the key. Sucks, I know.

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

A few new liveries with Trek references:

Thanks to Rev for the Risa emblem design, which I modified a bit.

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

This one mimics the original markings in the painting by Colin Hay (not Chris Foss).

The old Fed Ex livery.

Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :

I hate to say it, but that Risa Galactic ship looks vaguely phallic. That wouldn't be intentional, would it? [Razz]

Very cool!

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :

And sometimes, it's an enormous, spaceborne PENIS!

Mark

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

Don't be crude, it's not phallic.
It just happens to have a huge fertility symbol painted on it's flanks.

Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Umm, sometimes a penis is just a penis?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"Don't be crude, it's not phallic."

And yet, somehow, it's the only one with its engine hanging down in that arguably testicular configuration...

Posted by japol (Member # 1149) on :

But considering it is for Risa, is that so very inappropriate?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

No. I'm just suggesting that it wasn't as unintentional as he suggests. Especially after the "Superwoman's breasts" incident...