Some romantic backstory for the itty-bitty engineers.
The Tamaputian tradition for married couples is to mash up their original last names into a single portmanteau. In this case, Kaimahi + Waihanga = Kaihanga. That’s right, it’s a whole culture with institutionalized smushnames.
Matatuhi Kaimahi [forum]
Another roadblock in the prototype tartooka. I think it’s a glitch in the whocarnio flooks, but can’t narrow it down any more than that?? Photos attached. All help appreciated!!
Patotara Waihanga [forum]
ur probably getting interference from the tringlers
swap in a different power coupling
it’ll be less efficient, but on the plus side, it’ll work at all
Mata: No, it’s fine! I just went on my lunch break anyway. What are YOU up to?
Pato [text]:
>> thus the increased continental market for “adorable tiny things”
>> or as we call them: “things”
Mata [text]:
nbd just thinking of you
Mata: ACEAS is in your town this year? BRB, submitting all my geological engineering papers . . .
[ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE]
Mata: Pato! I can’t believe it. We’re actually here! In the same room! Together! What should we do first?
. . . okay, these popular mechanics memes are the BEST. Reblogging now so you can see.
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Eeeeeeeeee, too cute! So many things to love here: Mata pinup, Dr. Suess words, the fact that Pato’s avatar is a duck, Pato’s stuffed duck, and smush names!
Is Mata Trans? It looks like he has top surgery scars, which he partly covered up with the feather tattoo.
Also sorry my comment seems to be all over the place. -_-
I figured their gadgets would have a lot in common with those of Whos down in Whoville.
Those are top surgery scars, yes!
Yay! So is Pato a he or a they? I realized after I posted my first comment that I had just assumed both of them were male.
Pato is also a he, yes. (Thus “husband.”)
I meant Mata. xD I get the names mixed up…
Wait, I just realized you indirectly answered my question on if Mata was a he or not.
Yay, Mata is a Trans man in a relationship with another man. 🙂 I am a Trans guy (or at least Demi guy) and I am super excited to find out that Mata is a Trans guy too!! Especially since he has a husband.
I knew Pato means duck, but there has to be something else I’m missing with the names here…
If I remember correctly, one of the meanings of Mata’s name is a group of fish. Fish have fins->Phineas.
They are also basically Phineas and Ferb from the titular cartoon; Erin confirmed it was a reference. I am trying to connect Pato’s name to Ferb, but the closest thing I can think of is if his first name is also a name of a herb plant that starts with F. Herb is pronounced like erb and if you the the f sound before saying herb, it sounds like Ferb.
I am entirely in favor of a culture with institutionalized smushnames.
Do they have rules for deciding whose name comes first in the smush? Did allowing people of the same gender to marry require additions to the rules?
It’s entirely based on which combo the couple likes the sound of better.
Jennifer Astbury liked this on Facebook.
My ex and I “combined” our last names (15 yrs ago and Wow I’m getting old), as a less bulky alternative to hyphenation. There’s a term for it? “Smushnames”. LOVE IT! And, a whole culture? WOW YES!!
This is so cute!! I’m slowly making my way through the archive and holy shit… everyone’s cute and I can’t handle it.
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