Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site vaxine.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!cec From: cec@vaxine.UUCP (Hawaiian Hacker) Newsgroups: net.games.video Subject: Re: pac? Message-ID: <198@vaxine.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jun-83 10:38:35 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxine.198 Posted: Tue Jun 7 10:38:35 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 17:18:41 EDT References: <1469@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Automatix Inc., Billerica, MA Lines: 8 As you know, the PacMan game was invented over in Japan. The Japanese expression that describes the action of opening and closing your mouth when eating is "paku paku". (It's derived from the sound of the action) So, that word simply got truncated to "PacMan" when the game came out. Casey Cox linus!vaxine!cec