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Originally posted by BobGreenwade

Schwartzenegger cannot become the US President; the Constitution states that the President must be a natural-born citizen, and Arnold is naturalized. (Though your basic point is a very good one.)

 

Actually....

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From history and memory

 

States,

Cities,

Areas,

Famous leaders (Bismarck, Wellington (oops bomber)

Famous warriors, (lots of Naval warriors like nelson or Andre Doria.)

Battles (usually ones your side won),

Animals

Predators examples fish (trigger, sturgeon) cats (tiger, panther, lion)

Lots name on the theme of victory, Glory, Honor, Justice, Discovery.

The Japanese had a destroyer class named after wind (divine wind, wind before a storm ect) remember the Eskimos have 20 plus names for snow,

Mythical figure or things griffin, Apollo,

Important dates (the October revolution,)

Well know things that the people like (snoopy and Woodstock our space ships)

 

Made up names Sea cow,

 

The First ship launched would be the lead ship of that class and set the tone

 

Example the rebels launch the revolution followed by the rebellion, revolt, mutiny, insurrection and uprising.

 

In a space game I played in I got to name the escort vessel I commanded, The Tempest of the Storm class escort ships and my fellow players promptly named our shuttle the teapot.

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Originally posted by nolgroth

I was actually hoping for anything not Western culture related that corresponds to the "arduous journey with a worthy goal at the end" theme as stated in the other two names that I had come up with. Which reminds me to remind myself Odyssey not Odessey. Knew it looked funny at the time... :)

Ah! Somehow I'd missed that you were looking for something specific.

 

I did a little digging and found one that might work for you: Long March, after the journey of Mao Zedong and his Communist forces in the 1930s.

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Originally posted by BobGreenwade

Ah! Somehow I'd missed that you were looking for something specific.

 

I did a little digging and found one that might work for you: Long March, after the journey of Mao Zedong and his Communist forces in the 1930s.

 

No problem about missing something. This was a general purpose idea area that I thought was appropriate for a question like that.

 

As far as the Long March, sounds like a splendid ship name. Evokes about everything I was looking for. Now what's the Chinese name? :) (Just kidding. I can look that up myself, now that I have a lead. Thanks for the time and effort.)

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The thread LIVES!

 

How about Card Games. I looked at http://www.pagat.com/alpha.html and they had hundreds, so you wouldn't run out quickly.

  • Ace-Deuce
  • Agurk
  • Alcalde
  • Alkort
  • All Fours
  • All Fives
  • Aluette
  • Ashush
  • Auction Forty-Fives
  • Authors
  • Avinas
  • Baccarat
  • Back Alley Bridge
  • Bai Fen
  • Barbu
  • Bartok
  • Bashi Fen
  • Basra
  • Bauernschnapsen
  • Beggar My Neighbor

Just to name a few.

 

In a similar vein, Mixed Beverages, courtesy of Webtender.com

  • A Day at the Beach
  • A Dixon Thing
  • A Furlong Too Late
  • A Fuzzy Thing
  • A Gilligan's Island
  • A Goodnight Kiss
  • A joy of Almond
  • A Little Dinghy
  • A Little Green Man From Mars
  • A midsummernight dream
  • A Night In Old Mandalay
  • A Southern Screw
  • A Splash of Nash
  • A Sunny Delight
  • A True Amaretto Sour
  • The A-Rock

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Originally posted by nolgroth

I was actually hoping for anything not Western culture related that corresponds to the "arduous journey with a worthy goal at the end" theme as stated in the other two names that I had come up with.

 

Xiyou Ji

 

The Chinese classic "Journey to the West", also translated into English as "Monkey" or "The Monkey King".

 

That's the only one I have for now....

 

Edit: Long March is Chang Zheng. Nice one, BTW.

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