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08-07-2003, 11:27 AM
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08-07-2003, 11:32 AM
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Avatar:- appearance of a Hindu god inhuman form.......:-2:-person who seems to embody a quality or idea....
So why the feck do we call them Avatars????
You are right JONNO
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08-07-2003, 11:34 AM
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Aberrant
The meaning of Avatar
Longman's dictionary defines avatar as follows:
Avatar: (n)
1) Incarnation of Vishnu, a Hindu deity;
2) An embodiment of a concept or philosophy
The Oxford dictionary tells us that avatar can mean:
1) Descent of a deity to earth in an incarnate form (i.e., as in "the fifth avatar appeared as a dwarf")
2) A manifestation or presentation to the world (i.e., the avatar of mathematics)
3) A display
4) A phase
Webster's Dictionary also calls an avatar:
1) A manifestation or embodiment of a person, concept or philosophy.
2) A variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity.
The Random House dictionary describes an avatar as:
"An embodiment or concrete manifestation as of a principle attitude, way of life, or the like."
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So I guess an avatar is a physical representation of something we otherwise couldn't see.
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08-07-2003, 11:36 AM
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Originally posted by sharedholder@7 August 2003 - 11:32
Avatar:- appearance of a Hindu god inhuman form.......:-2:-person who seems to embody a quality or idea....
So why the feck do we call them Avatars????
You are right JONNO
I know I'm right I'm always right B)
Hehe, Weird tho ain't it, so we need to ask the question "Why do we call them Avatars??"
Come on guys, someone must know
Jonno B)
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08-07-2003, 11:37 AM
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Originally posted by titey@7 August 2003 - 11:34
3) A display
Ah!! Ha!!.........There it is
Thanks Titey......you smart assed poo head
Jonno B)
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08-07-2003, 11:38 AM
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re-member
BT Rep: +1
An avatar is a sort god like incarnation of something!
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08-07-2003, 11:40 AM
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08-07-2003, 11:40 AM
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Poster
its an acronim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?...&Acronym=avatar
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08-07-2003, 11:41 AM
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re-member
BT Rep: +1
Yes. I saw i missed titey's explanation
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