Ork's Lexicon?

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**Aqualung**

I dont play 40k so I dont know where alot of the terms came from or even what they mean, specifically I mean these two phrases.

"Dakka" What is it?
"Red wonz go fasta' " Is there like an Inside joke here?

I feel dumb for asking but Wiki/Google searches turned up nothing ><

**AzurePhoenix**

Dakka refers to shootiness/guns/firepower while the "red wonz go fasta" is a reference to the game rule that permits ork trukks with the "red paintjob" an additional inch of movement.

At least that's what I think they mean... someone will correct me if I'm wildy wrong I'm sure

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**Skaskull**

In an attempt to make the orks seem like dumb brutes they have been given an accent and slang that makes them sound silly. Dakka dakka is ork onomatopoeia for the sound their guns make. It pretty much reffers to anything gun related, including the sound. Da red uns go fasta is an ork belief that red vehicles move faster. For whatever reason ork technology is tied to their psychology (according to fluff in 3ed codex) and so because they believe the red ones are faster, they actually are.

**Aqualung**

Thats so funny! I love it, Orks are awesome. Because of that right there, I am going to start playing Orks, for 40k.

**Geddonight**

"Da Red uns go fasta" is collectively derived from their experiences with Blood Angels, with overcharged engines and heavy use of assault marines, IIRC. Cool old piece of fluff.

**Tenth Speed Writer**

I think the British folks just wanted to make fun of one of their own accents.

**HellsGuardian316**

@Tenth Speed Writer
What da you mean humie? Us Brit-tish fulk don ave a funny ackscent at-tall, we speak wid a normal ackscent

Must admit I never thought the ork accent was taken from a real life accent, I thought they just made it up as they went along, like GW do with most things, lol.

In the 3rd ork codex theres a little fluff bit where it says that orks believe things in a assuming manner. The example they gave is that two ork vehicle were racing each other and the one that won the race was red, so orks assumed that "Red wonz go fasta".

And to link with what "Skaskull" said, because they believe it, it becomes true.

It also said in the same codex that ork are able to make any weapon work whereas a human could pick up and ork weapon and it wouldn't work for them, again, linking to the psychology theory.

**Tenth Speed Writer**

I dunno. Ork speak has always reminded me of a certain accent that seems to follow cockney dialect.

**Greebynog**

Tenth Speed Writer wrote:I dunno. Ork speak has always reminded me of a certain accent that seems to follow cockney dialect.

Typical American.....

On topic: Dakka does come from the noise of a gun, so if something has more dakka, it's louder, and therefore (in ork logic) it's more powerful.

**Skaskull**

I'd actually like to think my orks don't have the accent. I feel its kinda lame, and maybe a little racist. Plus it makes little sense to me that the races of the galaxy borrow so much from human cultures.

Why do the Eldar have a yinyang?

Sorry, don't mean to derail

**Polonius**

Skaskull wrote:
Why do the Eldar have a yinyang?

Sorry, don't mean to derail

Where do you think baby eldar come from?

Sorry, had to be done.

**Gearhead**

Here's a perfect example of summin' wif lotsa Dakka (from GoatboyBBMA)

Now, to you more experienced guys, I pose the question: What's the difference between shooty and dakka? I always thought shooty-ness had more to do with actual firepower, whereas dakka referred mainly to rate of fire. Have I gotten them backwards?

As for Red Wunz, I remember an awesome story about an ork force entrenched against the Blood Angels, and one of da Nobz was complaining to his boss about the speed of their assault troops. He tried to excuse his failure at the front by bemoaning that of course dey beat us: dey'z all red! (or something to the effect.)

**eyth**

Better ROF, more muzzle flashes. IIRC dakka isthe combination of noise, flash, and the gun's kick.

**Space_hoppo**

Dakka is the sound of the gun. And they are baised on cockney English with a lisp. (whoever put a s in lisp was a very nasty person by the way). Orks are actually (and unknowingly) the most powerful psykers in the 40K universe. So if they think really hard it works. The louder a ork gun, the longer the range, if it has wheels and a engine it will drive, and if it is red, it will go faster. Why? Because it just will.

**EmperorsGrandson**

I agree with space Hippo. I have heard repeatedly that orks are the most powerful psykers but they just dont know it. Also, I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that they are born with innate knowledge. How else do they know how to build something that creates a localised warp field and then uses it to shoot a soul through the warp and then be able to direct the exit of said creature into another being or squad (Shok attak gun).

**Aqualung**

/Ressurect Thread
Also what does "Gak" mean?

**Paul Atreides**

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**Orkeosaurus**

Sh!t.

**diablarist**

Tenth Speed Writer wrote:I dunno. Ork speak has always reminded me of a certain accent that seems to follow cockney dialect.

It true. Essex my friends. Essex. The native grounds of the ork proto type, the chav. I know, i live hear. When i first got in to the hobby i wonderd why the orks had an accent like all the people i know

**GoFenris**

Wait, the accent may be one thing but they also massacre certain sounds (th = f, etc.) because of their physiology. Or more to the point, they have large jaws with huge teeth and can't make all the same human sounds.

**GoFenris**

As far as "gak" I don't know that one.

**KingCracker**

Its swearing! DUR! lol thats why when you type a swear word on here... it turns into GAK

**GoFenris**

Cool, let's try it! feth this gak stings.

**GoFenris**

Damn! It works!!!

**Chrispy**

Gak is an Imperial swear in Low Gothic for animal wastes.

I always understood Ork speak to be a form of approximation to convey how humans hear their word sounds. Much live how the Romans in movies always speak in English with an English accent, rather than in actual Latin.

**Dez**

Sorry to swerve off topic...but does anyone even know what a Roman Latin Accent sounds like? That's a curiosity.

**Gwar!**

Dez wrote:Sorry to swerve off topic...but does anyone even know what a Roman Latin Accent sounds like? That's a curiosity.

You ever heard someone speak Italian? Pretty much like that but a little harsher sounding. Assuming you mean "Roman" to mean "In the City of Rome" because otherwise the questions the same as "What does a North American Accesnt sound like"

**Phloop**

Another off topic question:
Is Ork lexicon the reason why there are NO Orky books by the Black Library? There are lots about guys actually fighting the Orks, but I can't seem to find one from the Orks' perspective...

**Cheese Elemental**

Well, do you really want to read a book that looks like it was written by a dislexic Liverpudlian

**Malika2**

Hmm, you might want to check out this thread on Ork language.