Dano sets mode +pedant'The name Pacman is derived from the Japanese slang word 'paku-paku', which means 'to eat'.'
no it isn't.
it's called pacman because execs realised that american 'wags' could quite easily modify it's original name in japan of 'puckman' quite easily to something rude.
so there.
(no it isn't.
it's called pacman because execs realised that american 'wags' could quite easily modify it's original name in japan of 'puckman' quite easily to something rude.
so there.
Dano,
Sat 15 Feb 2003, 2:40,
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