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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago
just realizing that I've never watched the original Godzilla https://t.co/fEugrtjzCp https://t.co/9u8q23kAFO
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago
Replying to @visakanv
TIL "gojira" is a sort of portmanteau of "gorilla-whale" the romanization into "god-zilla" is a fascinating, fascinating bit of cultural transposition (... also the word "romanization" is an interesting word...) https://t.co/mHcHZLKVXQ
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago
Replying to @visakanv
WIKIZILLA https://t.co/pxYYSHoz3a https://t.co/Ja7lNd4jtw
