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What is the meaning of the phrase Clawtoo Barraddah Nicktow (phonetic spelling)?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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Ah! Finally, a simple one.
The meaning of the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto", from the film 'The Day The Earth Stood Still', is never literally translated. It is usually taken to mean "Bring Klaatu to the ship" or "Go get Klaatu". In general, the phrase is meant to convey the concept to the robot Gort that Klaatu is in need of assistance.
Variants of the phrase are also used in the film 'Army of Darkness' for comedic effect.
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Meaning, I don't know, but wasn't this said by Ash in "Army of Darkness"?
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It was used to stop the robot Gort in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" from destroying the earth. The actual phrase could mean "Klaatu is not alive."
It is also the names, phonetically, of Jabba the Hut's three guards on the desert skiff in SW-IV.
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
-- modified at 16:57 Friday 5th May, 2006
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Christopher is correct. Klaatu is the name of the humanoid alien, the best consensus found on the subject (internet search) indicates that, as stated by Chris, "Klaatu is not alive", meaning to Gort that, instead of destroying the earth, warm up Klaatu in the microwave.
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The preferred spelling IIRC is "klaautu barrada nicto",
and it is the welcome message from the space visitor
in "The Day The Earth Stood Still", played by Michael
Rennie.
--Jeremy <jeremy@omsys.com>
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The actual line from the movie is Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! which were the instructions given to our heroin Helen (played by Patricia Neal) by the alien Klaatu (played by Michael Rennie) to disable the robot named "Gort" (played by Lock Martin) from destroying the earth in the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" (directed by Robert Wise, 1951)
Neil Adams
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The phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" originates from the 1951 Cold-War-era science fiction film The Day The Earth Stood Still. The phrase "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!" was used to stop Gort, the robot in the film, from destroying the world.
Nice work everyone!
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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Tom Hanks won back to back Oscars for which films?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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"Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump"
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
-- modified at 18:07 Thursday 4th May, 2006
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Philadelphia and Forrest Gump
Patty_col
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Good work!
Philadelphia (1993) & Forrest Gump (1994)
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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What 15-letter word contains the letter 'E' five times and no other vowels?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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Well, if no one else if going to answer it...
there are actually a couple...
defenselessness
and
defencelessness!
Joe
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Nice Joe!
Defencelessness.
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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What do you do when you nictate?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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Speak to a stenographer or a recorder for later typing, while smoking a cigarette?
<== nictation machine
Joe
-- modified at 18:19 Tuesday 2nd May, 2006
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Nictate is when you briefly shut the eyes.
Daniel Brown
Enterprise Software Architect
-- modified at 19:40 Tuesday 2nd May, 2006
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Blink?
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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wink or blink; to shut eyes briefly
Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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You guys are so smart
Blink.
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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Blink and you will miss us...
*groan*
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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What do the words ALMOST and BIOPSY have in common?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
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They both have 6 letters
They both contain an O and an S
And, oh, the letters of each occur in alphabetical order.
Joe
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Way, way too easy.
All of their letters are in alphabetical order.
You've got to try harder than this, Jordon!
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