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Cass from Germany: /* Mistranslated? */

Cass from Germany — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:43:37 GMT

Mistranslated?

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	:Maybe the king knows little German. Maybe the Brothers chaps just got it wrong. I dunno. You could mention it. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 12:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)		:Maybe the king knows little German. Maybe the Brothers chaps just got it wrong. I dunno. You could mention it. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 12:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
	::I certainly think it's worth mentioning. We mention their errors in Russian on [[Where's an Egg?]] and in Japanese on [[unnatural]], after all. This kind of mistake would be very easy for an English speaker to make: "phrasebook German", if you will, equates "auf Wiedersehen" with "goodbye" in any and all cases. My German's well above phrasebook level, and even I wouldn't have caught this mistake on my own (but now that Cass says it, I realize it makes perfect sense. I nearly always use "tschüs", anyway.) Still, it's worth noting the error, I think. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 12:08, 28 January 2009 (UTC)		::I certainly think it's worth mentioning. We mention their errors in Russian on [[Where's an Egg?]] and in Japanese on [[unnatural]], after all. This kind of mistake would be very easy for an English speaker to make: "phrasebook German", if you will, equates "auf Wiedersehen" with "goodbye" in any and all cases. My German's well above phrasebook level, and even I wouldn't have caught this mistake on my own (but now that Cass says it, I realize it makes perfect sense. I nearly always use "tschüs", anyway.) Still, it's worth noting the error, I think. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 12:08, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
		+	:::Okay, so I added it to the 8-bit remarks first. I'm not sure whether it should be added to this article as well, though. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 22:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Heimstern Läufer: /* Mistranslated? */ lengthy comment

Heimstern Läufer — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:08:34 GMT

Mistranslated?: lengthy comment

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	Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)		Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
	:Maybe the king knows little German. Maybe the Brothers chaps just got it wrong. I dunno. You could mention it. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 12:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)		:Maybe the king knows little German. Maybe the Brothers chaps just got it wrong. I dunno. You could mention it. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 12:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
		+	::I certainly think it's worth mentioning. We mention their errors in Russian on [[Where's an Egg?]] and in Japanese on [[unnatural]], after all. This kind of mistake would be very easy for an English speaker to make: "phrasebook German", if you will, equates "auf Wiedersehen" with "goodbye" in any and all cases. My German's well above phrasebook level, and even I wouldn't have caught this mistake on my own (but now that Cass says it, I realize it makes perfect sense. I nearly always use "tschüs", anyway.) Still, it's worth noting the error, I think. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 12:08, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Homestar-Winner: /* Mistranslated? */

Homestar-Winner — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:03:38 GMT

Mistranslated?

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	Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)		Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
		+	:Maybe the king knows little German. Maybe the Brothers chaps just got it wrong. I dunno. You could mention it. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 12:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Cass from Germany: /* Mistranslated? */

Cass from Germany — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:13:45 GMT

Mistranslated?

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	->When defeated, the king says, "Der Poopsmith, auf wiedersehen!"		->When defeated, the king says, "Der Poopsmith, auf wiedersehen!"
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	Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)		Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Cass from Germany: /**/Mistranslated?

Cass from Germany — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:13:28 GMT

: Mistranslated?

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	::What about KOT wearing that picklehaube (or however you spell that) in the Broternal Order? {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 18:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		::What about KOT wearing that picklehaube (or however you spell that) in the Broternal Order? {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 18:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
	:::Homestar wears German clothing in [[Main Page 2]] and [[original]]. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		:::Homestar wears German clothing in [[Main Page 2]] and [[original]]. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
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		+	== Mistranslated? ==
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		+	->When defeated, the king says, "Der Poopsmith, auf wiedersehen!"
		+	Should it be mentioned that this is probably a mistranslation? KOT means to say good-bye because he "dies" and won't see Poopsmith again. But "Auf Wiedersehen" means exactly the contrary: It means that the person who says it intends to meet the other person again (in a way, it's comparable to "see you"). While it "is" also used as a courteous phrase, it's certainly not what a dying (or pretend-dying) person would say. "Leb wohl" would be more appropriate in that situation. --[[User:Cass from Germany\|Cass from Germany]] 09:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Bad Bad Guy at 19:03, 25 October 2008

Bad Bad Guy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:03:41 GMT

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	:I think there are more instances than this... it is still a stub, after all. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other German references, but it seems like there must be some somewhere. Can anyone think of any so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		:I think there are more instances than this... it is still a stub, after all. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other German references, but it seems like there must be some somewhere. Can anyone think of any so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
	::What about KOT wearing that picklehaube (or however you spell that) in the Broternal Order? {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 18:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		::What about KOT wearing that picklehaube (or however you spell that) in the Broternal Order? {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 18:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
		+	:::Homestar wears German clothing in [[Main Page 2]] and [[original]]. {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:03, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Strongkinghomsarsmith: /* Reasonable? */ KOT

Strongkinghomsarsmith — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:50:04 GMT

Reasonable?: KOT

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	With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my roommates and i DO in fact, have a german running joke going on...) {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my roommates and i DO in fact, have a german running joke going on...) {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
	:I think there are more instances than this... it is still a stub, after all. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other German references, but it seems like there must be some somewhere. Can anyone think of any so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		:I think there are more instances than this... it is still a stub, after all. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other German references, but it seems like there must be some somewhere. Can anyone think of any so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
		+	::What about KOT wearing that picklehaube (or however you spell that) in the Broternal Order? {{User:Strongkinghomsarsmith/sig}} 18:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

OptimisticFool: /* Reasonable? */ Can anyone think of any more German referenes so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page?

OptimisticFool — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:43:29 GMT

Reasonable?: Can anyone think of any more German referenes so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page?

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	==Reasonable?==		==Reasonable?==
	With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my roommates and i DO in fact, have a german running joke going on...) {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)		With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my roommates and i DO in fact, have a german running joke going on...) {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
		+	:I think there are more instances than this... it is still a stub, after all. Off the top of my head I can't think of any other German references, but it seems like there must be some somewhere. Can anyone think of any so we can get a more accurate look at the potential of this page? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 18:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Defender1031: New page: ==Reasonable?== With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my r...

Defender1031 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:01:33 GMT

New page: ==Reasonable?== With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my r...

New page

==Reasonable?==
With only two instances, is this really a reasonable page? It doesn't seem like they're making fun of german any more than anyone else does... (Certainly not me, since my roommates and i DO in fact, have a german running joke going on...) {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)