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Oko copperbot etymology

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  1. RobertShepherd

    RobertShepherd Antipodean midwit

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    Does anyone know what the etymology of 'Oko' is for the sensor forward observer copperbots?

    (The rest of them I get, but I haven't been able to source the joke/reference for Oko. The closest I can find is that the Japanese call police 'Okami', and that 'Oko' in russina means 'eye'.)
     
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    Cartographer Well-Known Member

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    Finnish IIRC
     
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  3. RobertShepherd

    RobertShepherd Antipodean midwit

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    That's the Kytta.
     
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    ijw Ian Wood aka the Wargaming Trader. Rules & Wiki
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    Oko in the name comes from 'eye' in Russian and some East European languages, but via in-universe slang.
     
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    RobertShepherd Antipodean midwit

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    Luisjoey High Marshall of Wotan
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    from OJO? occhi or occulum... interesting.
     
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    colbrook Grenade Delivery Specialist

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    I wonder how CB wound up with the name Kyttä Copperbot, because they missed a very obvious and clever joke with that one:

    Rather than being a flash pulse bot, Kyttä should be the forward observer bot. In Finnish we often refer to the forward observer bots as "fobba bots", and there is a fameous Finnish police officer Marko "Fobba" Forrs, so Kyttä "Fobba" Copperbot would've made a lot of sense.
     
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    Cabaray Well-Known Member
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    How time is spend in CB HQ:
    50% Designing, producing and selling a miniature game
    50% Searching and studying cultural references to add to said miniature game.

    And it is a better game for it :-D
     
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