Uru Again

Marein · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:10 pm

Hey ho,

I didn't notice any posts about this before, so thought I'd start a topic.

Did anyone else notice that the name MOUlagain pretty surely refers to Yeesha's second speech in the cleft? Here's an extract:

[spoiler]

Yeesha wrote:

Now the circle is complete, and the tree has begun to grow again. The path is now open, and so the symbol of the journey must change. Now the beginning is tied to the end. (draws shell symbol in the air) Now you can go where you wish. The restoration of D'ni awaits. The deep city breathes. Uru again.

[/spoiler]

Anyone else see the tie-ins to open-source here? Also, a Google search for Uru Again yields mystonline.com as the first result.

Since MOULagain is kind of a crappy name, I vote we start calling it Uru Again! Who's with me?

(thanks to the people in CyanChat for inspiring this thought)

Nek'rahm · **Joined:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:10 pm **Posts:** 219

I'm down for UruAgain =)

Marein · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:13 pm

I forgot to add it also abbreviates to UA, much better than MOULagain.

Printehr · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:28 pm

I like the reference and the name, but I myself am rather partial to MOULagain. I wasn't at first, but after having it pointed out to me that it's pronounced "mulligan", it's made me smile ever since.

Zaphodi · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:34 pm

UA like United Artists. Well, I say no thank you.

Zap

Mystdee · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:40 pm

Marein wrote:

Hey ho,

I didn't notice any posts about this before, so thought I'd start a topic.

Did anyone else notice that the name MOUlagain pretty surely refers to Yeesha's second speech in the cleft? Here's an extract:

[spoiler]

Yeesha wrote:

Now the circle is complete, and the tree has begun to grow again. The path is now open, and so the symbol of the journey must change. Now the beginning is tied to the end. (draws shell symbol in the air) Now you can go where you wish. The restoration of D'ni awaits. The deep city breathes. Uru again.

[/spoiler]

Anyone else see the tie-ins to open-source here? Also, a Google search for Uru Again yields mystonline.com as the first result.

Since MOULagain is kind of a crappy name, I vote we start calling it Uru Again! Who's with me?

(thanks to the people in CyanChat for inspiring this thought)

MOULagain is actually a coined word that sounds similar to the term used in golf "Mulligan" which means do it over.

Marein · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:01 pm

Mystdee wrote:

MOULagain is actually a coined word that sounds similar to the term used in golf "Mulligan" which means do it over.

It was on the Play page from the start, so I guess it was coined by Cyan themselves? (except if someone from the 'beta' time did)

I didn't know about that mulligan meaning though. That's also kinda cool.

Mystdee · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:59 pm

Marein wrote:

Mystdee wrote:

MOULagain is actually a coined word that sounds similar to the term used in golf "Mulligan" which means do it over.

It was on the Play page from the start, so I guess it was coined by Cyan themselves? (except if someone from the 'beta' time did)

I didn't know about that mulligan meaning though. That's also kinda cool.

I believe it was Cyan born :lol:

MarinaM · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:31 pm

In my head I tend to pronounce it "mool-again", which often leads a tangent thought of old-man Bahros waving pillars at us going "you crazy MOULagains!"

I always did wonder why Yeesha refers to D'ni as "the ancient uru", "Uru again". IIRC, "uru" is Sanskrit(?) for "city", but why would Yeesha pick that to describe it if not just for a title drop in her speech?

I think for now "MOULagain" describes it pretty well (MOUL, again, no changes), but I would support calling it "Uru Again".

I'm just glad to be back!

Nek'rahm · **Joined:** Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:10 pm **Posts:** 219

There's a leading theory (at least in my mind) that some of the first people to ascend from D'ni formed the Babylonian Empire.

Originally, the Great Shaft emptied into the African desert as opposed to New Mexico. When people were building the Shaft, some stayed on the surface.

The notion is that early Babylonians were old members of D'ni, and that some words were passed into Babylonian context, such as the word for "city"

Eat_My_Shortz · **Joined:** Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:03 pm **Posts:** 96

Why don't we just call it MOUL, as a) that's the name it says in the game, b) the game code or contents hasn't changed significantly from MOUL, c) the "real" MOUL no longer exists, so there's no confusion.

Paradox · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:00 pm

"Uru" is the D'ni word for "gathering".

MarinaM · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:02 pm

Oh I didn't catch that "uru" had been incorporated into the language. I need to brush up on my D'ni again :lol:

Teknobubba · **Posted:** Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:37 am

MOULAgain = Moula or money, which Cyan can use to improve things and stay afloat. Therefore, send 'em some love (aka "coin of the realm"). In Spanish, that would be dinero, or as we say in cavern D'ni-ero.

Dekar · **Posted:** Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:55 am

Yea, Even if it sounds a lil odd, I liked the mulligan reference. Makes it feel a lil more grass roots-y.

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