Talk:Clan

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Is a clan substantially different from a tribe? Pizza Puzzle

It should be, but since the Scottish clans ressembled small tribes, the distinction is blurry. I have translated ätt as "clan" since the definition oeved to start in the time of Vikings, it is also German, Irish, Greek, and many other cultures.

If the editor can supply sources it can be rewritten and reinstated. 67.87.67.56 20:27, 29 June 2006 (UTC

• • • Clan means family in Gaelic. Such as don't mess with the family/clan. So why would the word the Gaelic word for family be used to describe Iranians chineese Jews etc? It refers to celtic people of british and irish descent such as the welsh scottish and irish. For that reason it has taken on negative meaning(example KKK) as it is supposed to be non inclusive.It is a celtic term not germanic.

The English word is derived from the Gaelic word but not specific to any country or group of people. It refers to the idea of a clan not any clan or group of clans in particular. --sony-youth 22:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etruscan

Is it a coincidence that the word for son in Etruscan is clan? Meursault2004 06:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] clans in video games

apart from seeing clans in real life, you commonly see clans in your every day online games. a clan in a video game is much like you would see in real life, they organise themselves and commonly seek dominance against other clans. you can find clans in most online games. clans in online games usually consist of a leader, a co leader, council members and your basic soldier. clans in these video games usually use forums to recruit new members. a clan can have anywhere from 2 to 500 members. the clans most commonly seek battles against each other. the winning clan gets bragging rights and establishes themselves as "dominaters" or "owners"

clans usually get together on set schedules and go out to do events. the average online clan has about 1 to 4 events a week. you can most commonly find clans in runescape, a game by jagex. in runescape clans get really serious. and even start websites and make videos. clans most notably found in runescape are the vice lords and damage inc. both clans have almost 500 members. and most of the top clans have around that much. clans will be found anywhere where organisation in numbers is possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The vice lords (talk • contribs) 09:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)