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« Reply #255: July 27, 2013, 08:04:16 PM »
I tend to call it the Old Republic, though I dislike the StarWars connotation that term has...
That's my term of choice too.
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« Reply #256: July 27, 2013, 10:27:25 PM »
That's my term of choice too.
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« Reply #257: July 28, 2013, 02:11:32 AM »
I tend to call it the Old Republic, though I dislike the StarWars connotation that term has...

Kale uses Old Republic. I believe he was the first one to start using it, mainly to clarify between Theocratic Terran and Republican Terran.

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« Reply #258: July 28, 2013, 03:57:20 AM »
I tend to call it the Old Republic, though I dislike the StarWars connotation that term has...

Well the name Terran itself have connotation of a different space combat franchise  ::)
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« Reply #259: July 28, 2013, 04:07:36 AM »
The man has a point.

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« Reply #260: July 29, 2013, 07:30:31 AM »
When I contemplate using Terran in my own scifi work, its as a throwback to its literary form. The only Terran I can think of, video game wise, is Starcraft - a game I've never actually played. I'm sure its been used elsewhere though, since it makes perfect sense: Terran is both a noun and an adjective, derived from Middle English terrene, which means "of the earth", secular, temporal, and all that good stuff.
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« Reply #261: July 29, 2013, 09:38:05 AM »
I'm sure its been used elsewhere though, since it makes perfect sense:

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« Reply #262: August 01, 2013, 02:21:05 AM »
Oh god the terminology.

Writing the Phantaro-Theocratic Accord was one of my favorite treaties ever (so bummed it broke), just because it was basically half just terminology rules about who could call their realm what. I had a blast writing it and was looking forward to seeing regular diplomatic feuds about terminology.

In my head I had the Macedonia/FYROM dispute especially, but was also thinking of N/S Korea and PR China/R China naming disputes. I guess the China one is actually most applicable, but the Macedonia/FYROM one is more fun.
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