Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:22 pm
Shoyru's origin is probably from the Japanese language. Japanese for a young dragon is Shoryu. Well if u mess Shoyru and Shoryu up a little the pronunciation is still the same. Hope this helps 
Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:08 am
Bruce: Back in the olden days, Bruces used to be a photo of Bruce Forsyth. (biography, pictures)
Shoyru: Just a petname of the creator of the image.
Cybunny: One day before the Cybunny was released, a file called "cutebunny.gif" was uploaded to the Neopets servers. cy = cute & bunny = bunny
Poogle: Comes from the word Poodle
Shoyru: Just a petname of the creator of the image.
Cybunny: One day before the Cybunny was released, a file called "cutebunny.gif" was uploaded to the Neopets servers. cy = cute & bunny = bunny
Poogle: Comes from the word Poodle
Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:27 am
I remember reading (I think in an editorial in the NT) that Flotsam and Jetsam come from a title of a chapter of LOTR. This makes sense knowing some of the people who work at Neopets are big LOTR fans.
EDIT: "Flotsam and Jetsam" is the title of chapter 9 from The Two Towers.
EDIT: "Flotsam and Jetsam" is the title of chapter 9 from The Two Towers.
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:53 am
for mynci if any one saw return of the pink panther professor cleustoe (sp?) pronounces monkey minky. just change the k into a c and you have mynci. and yeah i remember that editorial about jetsam and flotsam also. the gelert there used to be a link but i forgot what it was about the story of the courages dog. it is a long story so i found a link here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/myths-customs/pages/myth-gelert.shtml if you want to read the story also krawk_crocidile blumaroo-kangaroo korbat-bat scortchio-dragon scorthes you with his firey breath
Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:54 am
robert2100 wrote:Kiko: I'm sure I read somewhere Kiko is a type of mountain goat, but not positive about that
Kiko is from kikkoman, a brand of condiments(at least that's what we have from that brand) they said so themselves.
mayanspypilot wrote:I remember reading (I think in an editorial in the NT) that Flotsam and Jetsam come from a title of a chapter of LOTR. This makes sense knowing some of the people who work at Neopets are big LOTR fans.
It's from 'The Hobbit' actually.
Drake is a word used for a dragon. There's a dragon called a Firedrake. Beowulf fought one.
I have a book of Celtic myths with the Gelert story in it, it's so saaad!!!
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:56 am
Chia: Chia pet of course! The old one's kinda looked like chias. The old chia pets I mean. They looked like chias. Chia neopets. Well, they're both pets so I guess they look like each other and... Wow. i'm confused.
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:33 pm
mayanspypilot wrote:I remember reading (I think in an editorial in the NT) that Flotsam and Jetsam come from a title of a chapter of LOTR. This makes sense knowing some of the people who work at Neopets are big LOTR fans.
EDIT: "Flotsam and Jetsam" is the title of chapter 9 from The Two Towers.
I thought they were just from the words Flotsam and Jetsam, which I think mean rubbish floating at sea. But it might not be a coincidence that there's a chapter in LOTR with the same title.
Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:55 pm
I can't believe no one got the reference to the Little Mermaid. lol Flotsam and Jetsam were Ursula's pet eels.
Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:02 pm
Their is also a band called Flotsam and Jetsam, actually the Bassist Jason Newsted was with them for a short while.. very short I guess.. but they're not too bad if you like metal 
Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:17 pm
jakecubee wrote:for mynci if any one saw return of the pink panther professor cleustoe (sp?) pronounces monkey minky. just change the k into a c and you have mynci.
Actually, Mynci is Welsh for Monkey.
Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:36 pm
hm.... funny, never thaught about this!! cool idea, I hope you find more!
Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:14 pm
Flotsam and Jetsam is just drift wood and other junk that washes up on shore from the ocean.
Fri Dec 03, 2004 6:45 am
Up on the ppt front page, I saw a 'Did you know' that said that the wocky and jubjub both got their names from the poem 'Jabberwocky'
It would be cool to do this same thing with the petpets. ^^
It would be cool to do this same thing with the petpets. ^^
Fri Dec 03, 2004 6:33 pm
ProfessorRemusMoonyLupin wrote:Up on the ppt front page, I saw a 'Did you know' that said that the wocky and jubjub both got their names from the poem 'Jabberwocky'
It would be cool to do this same thing with the petpets. ^^
How recetly did you see that? I figured it out a few weeks ago while reading Jabberwocky in English class. Oddly, I noticed JubJub first, then Wocky about 10 miniutes later.
Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:24 pm
I just read jaberwocky for my Childrens Literature class, and when i saw jub jub i got all excited. Yeah im a dork :p
Not sure if this has been suggested yet, but chia could stem from the chia pets, since theyve been around forever. Not really a literary or scientific reference, but they dont all have to be
Not sure if this has been suggested yet, but chia could stem from the chia pets, since theyve been around forever. Not really a literary or scientific reference, but they dont all have to be