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Title: Sa Vasuda
Post by: CT27 on August 06, 2013, 10:56:37 pm

I've heard this a number of times in various campaigns.  Does it mean "Long live Vasuda!"?

That would be my guess.

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: That Man on August 07, 2013, 11:39:33 am

Idiomatically, I imagine it means the same thing, though I personally think that "For [the glory of] Vasuda" is a little more accurate.

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: Goober5000 on August 07, 2013, 11:46:57 am

Blaise Russel never defined what it meant.  So when I created the Vasudan language reference for the Phoenix ARG, I decided to define "sa" as the ameliorative prefix for any noun or verb.  That in turn would make the phrase "savasuda" mean "for the betterment of Vasuda", or "that Vasuda may be improved", or indeed, "for the glory of Vasuda".

Of course, that's my fanon take on Blaise Russel's fanon phrase, so you are free to use or disregard either.

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: SypheDMar on August 12, 2013, 11:15:48 pm

You mean... it's not canon? :eek2: The prominence of the phrase made me thought [V] did it.

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 12, 2013, 11:39:22 pm

Quote from: SypheDMar on August 12, 2013, 11:15:48 pm

You mean... it's not canon? :eek2: The prominence of the phrase made me thought [V] did it.

Nope. Not canon at all.

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: CT27 on August 13, 2013, 01:03:14 am

Just for more information, the two campaigns I can remember (right now) hearing it in were "Shrouding The Light" and "Silent Threat:  Reborn".

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: Nemesis6 on August 14, 2013, 03:48:24 pm

It means "for" in the Russian language if you substitute the s with a z, and it was often written on the turrets of their tanks like here: http://notetote.ru/images/41AvHvMDde3YiQdQd3QuYWexdOiRSYI4dkYb=xand1xOTiW5dIzv5XFWdMV92NfLdSOTam5ndtu0c9BMrs.jpg

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: Droid803 on August 16, 2013, 12:47:13 pm

So, russian zods?

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: Admiral Nelson on August 16, 2013, 01:11:18 pm

Well, caviar is fish eggs, da?

Title: Re: Sa Vasuda
Post by: An4ximandros on August 16, 2013, 03:04:09 pm

I guess Khonsu II's pro-human stance has been spreading... *cough* Vasud(h)a is Earth *cough*