monstergrotusque wrote:NatsumeRyu wrote:Slug and Sludge being similar (SLUdGe) are my only qualms, otherwise.
Say those two words out loud seperately and they sound nothing alike. Your "breakdown" of the spelling of the two words is also a poor example to use in proving your point. They are clearly two different words.
I said 'em out loud when I initially typed it. It just bothers me that the words are like that.
I keep imagining in my head naming all the Dinobots, and then poor Slug feels like he was taken from Sludge. It's just a weird personal thing. I'm not forcing a scientific argument about it. XD I just don't like it.
Also, for the folks pointing out meanings of slug, don't forget a slug can also be a round (as in bullet). Hey, let's just post a dictionary.com definition while I'm at it...
slug
1 [sluhg] Show IPA noun, verb, slugged, slug·ging.
noun
1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
2. a nudibranch.
3. a metal disk used as a coin or token, generally counterfeit.
4. a piece of lead or other metal for firing from a gun.
5. any heavy piece of crude metal.
verb (used with object)
15. Printing.
a. to make (corrections) by replacing entire lines of type, especially as set by a Linotype.
b. to check the lines of (typeset copy) against copy of the previous typesetting stage to ensure that no line has been omitted, especially before printing or plating.
16. Journalism. to furnish (copy) with a slug.
17. to interpolate pieces of metal into (a joint being welded).