NUG. A word. The meaning.

[goldilocks]

when i ask for 'a nug' - i honestly and truly just wanted a cuddle, now i know why i've been getting such odd responses

[MarcLister]

HUG! Hug is what you wanted.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Bigstan

Those are real places and the names actually mean something in languages which are used as an essential means of communication by millions of people.

Approximately 400,000 active people, and a fair few hundreds of thousands of previous subscribers know and use(d) the names of the places, and use(d) them in regular communication between themselves (e.g. "Anyone in Jita able to give me a price check for a cap recharger II?", or "We're going to need an inty buster squad in AZN") Does that make it any different? A name is little more than a convenient indication for something. You don't even have to understand what the word means in its original language, even assuming there was one. If it means something to people, it is by definition a proper name.
I'm back at my parents in Haywards Heath. I would stake a fair gamble on maybe just one or two people here knowing (without googling) what that name particularly indicates, and its history. Same could probably be said for Cuckfield, just a couple of miles from here, or Edinburgh or anywhere else for that matter. Not knowing the language, or even the name just flat out being made up makes it no less a proper name than any other; so long as it means something to some people.

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Garp

"Anyone in Jita able to give me a price check for a cap recharger II?"

Well that'd be stupid because I'm selling them in Nonni

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Dymetrie

Well that'd be stupid because I'm selling them in Nonni

I'm not denying your capabilities as a manufacturer, but I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that when he bought one of yours he found sawdust in it.

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Garp

I'm not denying your capabilities as a manufacturer, but I heard from a friend of a friend of a friend that when he bought one of yours he found sawdust in it.

Yup.

And he didn't have to pay extra for it either!

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by Garp

Approximately 400,000 active people, and a fair few hundreds of thousands of previous subscribers know and use(d) the names of the places, and use(d) them in regular communication between themselves (e.g. "Anyone in Jita able to give me a price check for a cap recharger II?", or "We're going to need an inty buster squad in AZN") Does that make it any different? A name is little more than a convenient indication for something. You don't even have to understand what the word means in its original language, even assuming there was one. If it means something to people, it is by definition a proper name.
I'm back at my parents in Haywards Heath. I would stake a fair gamble on maybe just one or two people here knowing (without googling) what that name particularly indicates, and its history. Same could probably be said for Cuckfield, just a couple of miles from here, or Edinburgh or anywhere else for that matter. Not knowing the language, or even the name just flat out being made up makes it no less a proper name than any other; so long as it means something to some people.

I still disagree but I'm not going to get into an argument about it. I seem to have been doing that a lot recently and I'm not happy with how I'm behaving online at the moment. I think I'll lie low for a bit until my mood lightens a bit.

No offence intended