Possibly because of their nature they are the bringers or announcers of a
new message.... say then the proverbial "Next Step"

 Of course Darwin wwould be saying something about actual people being
 "Link Trainers"

 but don't quote me on that....

Neil

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 MercutioV@aol.com wrote:

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:04:51 EST
From: MercutioV@aol.com
To: motoko_section9@yahoo.com, ffml@fanfic.com
Subject: Re: [FFML] [eva]Questions...etc

All the EVA units are called EVA. Right? Now Why are
 they called EVA's?

It's an abbreviation for EVAngelion. It's easier to say Eva than Evangelion,
so a lot of the time they just shorten it. Kinda like X-Mas.  

And as to why they're called Evangelion, no-one knows; it's not mentioned in
any of the canon. Gendo probably just pulled a religious term out of his ass
the day it came to name them.

I woldn't worry about it too much; it's just a name the animators came up
with, and doesn't have any real signifigance one way or the other. It's like
asking 'Why is the Macross caled the Macross?'

-Mercutio
"A plague 'a both your houses!"

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