And now something completely different

Vandaahl

Vandaahl
As I'm not a native English speaking... someone, I was wonder what the 'weight' of this ambiguity might be:

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Unmanned CMDR [insert name here] made me lift an eye brow. The dictionary said; unman: castrate, emasculate.
Is this a poor choice of words, or should I start taking medicine?
 
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GilliganTX

GilliganTX
English, yes, the         child of Northern/Western Germanic and French.


Castrated, would be word you are looking for.


Unmanned = un-piloted.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
Obviously in the OP's context it refers to the ship not being "manned" by the commander, however apropos the other sense:

You can be "unmanned" by becoming afraid, losing nerve, lacking courage, etc - you don't need to have your "equipment" actually removed.

(BTW Don't rely on Wikipedia it's too USA-oriented.)
 

d8veh

d8veh
Its CMDR Vandaahl's ship, but he isn't in it. Maybe he's in the fighter or SRV.

Interesting that it's an Anaconda and he's harmless rank.
 
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RamirezKurita

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I guess this just shows how the SRV fits into ship physiology. Just be careful of being shot in the SRV hangar, could get pretty painful pretty quickly.
 

The Chairmaker

The Chairmaker
From a politically correct perspective, it could be construed as sexist to describe something as unmanned, as you are defining the role as being the preserve of Men.

The none gender specific terminology would be un-piloted.
 

MassiveD

MassiveD
The Chairmaker said:
From a politically correct perspective, it could be construed as sexist to describe something as unmanned, as you are defining the role as being the preserve of Men.

The none gender specific terminology would be un-piloted.
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It's also sexist to address to me as anything else but "Your Highness", since I identify myself as "Your Highness" (by their own rules PC crowd has to respect that, look it up)


:D
 
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Ghenjei

Ghenjei
The Chairmaker said:
From a politically correct perspective, it could be construed as sexist to describe something as unmanned, as you are defining the role as being the preserve of Men.

The none gender specific terminology would be un-piloted.
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Hmm, maybe. Society as a whole has a long way to go before that nomenclature is changed. Btw, and totally off topic, where'd you get your avatar pic from?
 
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