Talk:Yip Yips

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listed as ... "by the yip-yips." Someone ought to fill those in with some vague description of their activity or subject.


 * I miss the scene where they are flying in a saucer through space, and discover Earth. I saw it when I was a kid, during the early 80's, just as the Bert & Ernie-scene with the oatmeal. SietskeEN 22:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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Marsman not necessarily meaning Martian in Dutch
Take it from a Marsman whose name most likely dates back to the time of Napoleon and who is distantly related to the poet Marsman, the name Marsman, especially with reference to the poet, does not stem from the planet Mars, but rather wet lowlands. I'm not from the Netherlands, so perhaps Marsman has a cute double meaning in Dutch. It would be nice if someone who knows Dutch more than I could clarify this.


 * Marsman is the name of a poet, but it can also mean something related to military (because "Mars" means also "march"). I do not know the meaning related to wet lowlands.
 * When spoken of martians in popular language, in Dutch the word "marsmannetje" is used, which literally means like "little man from the planet Mars" (figuratively it means more like "strange little creature from Mars"). The word "marsmannetje" (plural: "marsmannetjes") is also used as a general word to indicate a creature from outer space. Since "marsmannetje" is the diminutive of "marsman" (although this word is itself never used to indicate martians), calling the yipyips "Marsman" can be considered a pun. Note that marsmannetjes are common to be found in "popular language", but rarely in serious works, where these creatures are called otherwise.
 * Does this clarify a bit? SietskeEN 05:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Ps.: I have just discovered that Dutch language wikipedia has an article called "marsman (buitenaards wezen)" (buitenaards wezen means extraterrestrial)! Probably "marsman" is also used to indicate a martian. SietskeEN 05:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Funny how no one ever asks someone who actually is Dutch... Marsman does indeed mean "man from Mars" or martian. Of its use in the military I have never heard. "Marsman" has nothing to do with "marcheren" or marching. It also has nothing to do with wet lowlands. Also, Van Dale only lists its meaning as an imaginary inhabitant of Mars. - Redmess 16:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Meta text
The summary as reported by Google has a horrendous misspelling (ellusive rather than elusive). However, I have no idea how to change this. Someone help! --M1ss1ontomars2k4 (talk) 22:52, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It is an error in the description at the Open Directory Project. I submitted a correction there, but it may be a little while before it is processed. - Eureka Lott 23:20, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

1987
1987 just says "by the Yip-Yips." Hananoshi (talk) 21:10, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Page name
Aren’t these guys called the Martians, and only casually called the “Yip-yips” by fans? MuppetWiki has it that way; why don’t we? —Wiki Wikardo 19:25, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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