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    Awesome. Do mine
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    Orion Pax is the same in Japanese (オライオン・パックス). (references)

    P.S.: although because Japanese lacks the /æ/ vowel used in English, it would sound like "Orion Pucks." And yes, the Japanese word for "fax" sounds like -----

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    in Japanese my handle means pain ??

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    haha thanks man
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    Quote Originally Posted by autobreadticon
    in Japanese my handle means pain ??
    Perhaps you're thinking of the French word for bread, which is spelt "pain" but pronounced like "pen." The Japanese word for bread comes from Spanish, which is "pan." French and Spanish are both Romance languages so their words for bread come from the Latin word "panis."

    Now the Japanese word for Decepticon is Destron so I would translate your handle as 自動パントロン ("jidou pantoron") which means "automatic breadtron."

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    Divergent discussion about Latin here.
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