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| "I don't want to hold any further intercourse with you" -- Happens to Japanese, too. To them, "intercourse" means the same as "social exchange". I blame the person who taught them English.
"All pep talk failed to boost my morale." Feeling pout, are we? "She has an aching tooth at men." Like a sweet tooth? "Cudgel your brains." Actually, I get this one from Syera frequently. And of course... "He missed the butt." I die laughing here. |
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| "She has an aching tooth at men." - that one also gets me.
On the subject of hilarious mistranslations... http://www.engrish.com |
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So was this like a jokebook or was the author serious?  |
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| These were quite funny. It reminds me a little of the book Here Speeching American, which is a collection of signs, notices, and other examples of English spoken in foreign countries that very rarely makes sense. Like the Chinese flight attendant who announced "We will now be serving snakes" or the "English Phrasebook" that included "I have mistaken a banana for a telephone!" | |
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I'll translate 
You're cramping my style and have majorly deaded me. And I think this guy learned his english from Happy Bunny |
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| To Express Anger:
"I didn't mean to get his monkey up." Yeeeeees |
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*Insert Mozenrath picture here* |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| "He missed the butt."
*dies laughing* |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: "common" English phrases |
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| http://mayatawi.livejournal.com/533906.html
Found this via one of the fandom_wank spinoff communities. I need to go make some Aladdin icons now. |
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