Tiki Central / Collecting Tiki / Trader Vic's SCARVES ?!
Post #579172 by Club Nouméa on Sun, Mar 6, 2011 8:00 PM
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Fascinating... The following thread for German-speaking armour enthusiasts goes into the matter in more detail: http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic.php?p=28411&sid=ca9dfa814ca9e7172c49a9db4c28408a For those who don't speak German, Armin the Administrator offers the traditional theory about the name (a pet name for "Tiger", which I remember reading in some English-language book on tanks years ago): "Der Name "Tiki" war eine verniedlichung (Kosename??) für "Tiger"." ChristophA who has chatted to the uncle of the unit commander says it was actually an acronym (Ti(ger) + Ki(d)), because the tankers viewed their tanks as children: "Ich hatte einmal Kontakt mit dem Enkel des Kommandanten dieses Tigers. And then we have Oliver offering the name acronym explanation: "Auch zur Namensgebung hab ich eine andere Variante gefunden. Demnach soll der Schriftzug TiKi für einen Mädchenname Theresa-Katrin oder Theresa-Kristine stehen." The things we learn via Tiki Central! CN |