# The Pacific 4/18  (spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pacific-4-18-spoilers/536632>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 19, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pacific-4-18-spoilers/536632 "2010-04-19T15:47:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pacific-4-18-spoilers/536632/21 "2010-04-21T16:27:27Z")

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> [@RikWriter](#):
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> Are you serious? You’re criticizing them because in the 1940s they used a nickname that your modern ear finds odd? Please tell me I’m being whooshed here…

I woulda picked Peter Gabriel for his nickname, but that’s just me.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pacific-4-18-spoilers/536632/22 "2010-04-24T17:50:30Z")

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> [@RikWriter](#):
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> Are you serious? You’re criticizing them because in the 1940s they used a nickname that your modern ear finds odd? Please tell me I’m being whooshed here…

No, you are not being whooshed. The greatest generation were apparently retarded when it came to nicknames.

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