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Quotes of the weekQuotes of the weekPosted Sep 2, 2010 10:43 UTC (Thu) by ikm (subscriber, #493)Parent article: Quotes of the week
What's the etymology of the name "Og"?
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Quotes of the week Posted Sep 2, 2010 12:40 UTC (Thu) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] Anglophone cultural assumptions about "caveman speak"; the "generic caveman name" in English tends to be either "Ug" (using the English "short u", not the Latin u) or "Og" depending on the speaker's preference. Probably influenced by popular perception of the character of vocalizations produced by other kinds of apes.
Quotes of the week Posted Sep 2, 2010 17:21 UTC (Thu) by ikm (subscriber, #493) [Link]
Interestingly, I've just found out there's a dedicated article in Wikipedia about this name. I still wonder why would gkh pick it, though.
Quotes of the week Posted Sep 2, 2010 16:41 UTC (Thu) by musicon (subscriber, #4739) [Link]
mpr22 gave a good explanation, gkh may also be borrowing Og from the Oracle (http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/index.cgi)
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