• @[email protected]
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    2511 months ago

    “meta” also still means “across” in Greece

    phérō meant “I carry”

    metaphor: I carry across

    they now use the term for “transportation in general”

    here’s a modern truck in Greece for ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΙΚΗ

    in Greek, they use μεταφορική έννοια (metaforikí énnoia – literally “transportation sense”) to mean “metaphor”

    • @thesporkeffect
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      511 months ago

      Yo this is an incredibly cool looking truck though

        • Flying Squid
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          311 months ago

          This is the crapsack universe, so it will, at best, turn into a GoBot.

            • Flying Squid
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              111 months ago

              I don’t think it was true about Road Ranger, but a lot of GoBots just had their robot heads underneath the vehicle pointing towards the ground when they were in car mode and when I was a kid, I was always confused about how they could see anything but the road surface when they were driving around.

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          511 months ago

          Not whom you asked but the way the windshield almost wraps around the front. Like the opposite of this ↓ sexy beast.

        • @thesporkeffect
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          411 months ago

          I think the color scheme is what caught my eye, but the row of fog lights and general styling are great. Comparing to trucks in US

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            311 months ago

            I think this type specifically is referred to as eurotruck. I always thought the trucks with the large front looked away cooler, and more serviceable. You don’t need to tilt the whole cabin forward 😄