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| Lagomorphing | Re: New GRRM Update on ADWD Quote:
BTW, the term predates Nazi usage -- the Germans in WWI called their shock-troops the same thing. | |
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Anyway, thanks for the info. I didn't realize that that term was used in WW1 as well. | |
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| Re: New GRRM Update on ADWD I also tend to think of stormtroopers in a WWII context. (While not quite of GRRM's vintage, there were plenty of war films about when I was growing up.) I suppose the designation was used, in fiction/films, as a shorthand: one knows which side a stormtrooper is on (in the same way as one knows that a "guard" is German in Stalag-whatever) whereas a soldier may have to be further categorised. |
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| Re: New GRRM Update on ADWD no, not at all. The thought struck me when I looked at that website, but it wasn't a new thing for me. I've always thought that Lucas was alluding to the WW2 version of stormtroopers when he created the name for the SW version. |
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