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« Thread Started on Nov 12, 2007, 3:14pm »
I was just thinking about Warhammer 40K fluff today (strange huh?), and a thought just hit me:

Mon Keigh (Eldar name for humans, if the term is unknown to some), when pronounced in a particular way, is said as MONKEY!!!

Those damn Eldar are calling us monkeys! :o
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #1 on Nov 12, 2007, 3:21pm »
OMG YOU'RE RIGHT!!
:o The eldar are calling us mon-keigh/monkey!!
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« Reply #2 on Nov 12, 2007, 5:23pm »
Didn't you know? man you're blind!
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« Reply #3 on Nov 12, 2007, 6:03pm »
No, I didn't know^^
I usually don't dwell much with names or terms I read in the fluff, but today I was really bored at the bus stop :P
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« Reply #4 on Nov 12, 2007, 6:50pm »
When I first saw that I cringed with embarrassment, GW really scraped the bottom of the barrel with than one, real humour for 12 year olds. You'd think they'd have their own bloody name in their own bloody language even if it is a Tolkein rip-off, duh, man this is going to get me going on a rant if I'm not careful... bloody cop-out salesmanship...
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #5 on Nov 12, 2007, 9:20pm »
I second lookatmybiglongname's comments. . Bad fluff created on friday 2 minutes before closing time. . .
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #6 on Nov 12, 2007, 9:22pm »
lol^^
Well, not everyone realised it immediately ::)
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #7 on Nov 12, 2007, 11:02pm »
yeah that is good ;D

My friend also had a sm army called the phenoix lords. No one noticed it was the same name as the eldar dudes (incuding him) for like 2 years.

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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #8 on Nov 13, 2007, 2:35am »
Well eldar do see humans as inferior primates. And crusader that looks like a dead guy with a snapped neck.
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #9 on Nov 13, 2007, 6:41am »
It's not a snapped neck, he is just a contortionist.

And as far as the fluff goes, I think it's pretty clever. It ties in evolution to the understanding of Humans. I think the Eldar know the secret to human existence, considering they've been around for ages and know everything etc, and that them calling us Mon-keighs is a reference to the common theory of evolution, rather than a cheap joke that GW made up 2 seconds before closing.
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #10 on Nov 13, 2007, 3:16pm »
Aren't the Mon-Keigh an ancient, barbaric race that lorded over the eldar for a while? That suggests this is more than an insult, but also an acknowledgment of the power of the Imperium
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #11 on Nov 14, 2007, 4:10am »
I'm not so sire romorini, it would feel uncharacteristic for the Eldar to admit being inferior to another race.
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #12 on Nov 14, 2007, 3:08pm »
ummm yeah it wasn't supposed to make an actual face... lemme try again
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« Reply #13 on Nov 14, 2007, 3:09pm »
YEAH!!! IT WORKED!!!
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Re: Monkey business?
« Reply #14 on Nov 14, 2007, 3:21pm »

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I'm not so sire romorini, it would feel uncharacteristic for the Eldar to admit being inferior to another race.


But remember, the Mon-Keigh reign was a short one.

Mind, I could be wrong, but I remember seeing this in the Eldar Codex, whoever has the 2nd most recent edition can check it out, I think it's near the back.
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