Fuck you, Dora the Explorer. Ed's Playa Hater thread

[Malthus]

I think the idea is that the kids already know Italian.

So the show is being used to teach them English...

Here, the show is mostly *in* English, but introduces words and phrases in Spanish. The idea it seems is to introduce English-speaking kids to Spanish.

I presume that the beef with the Italian version is that it is assuming that the kids speak English and 'trying' to teach them words & phrases in Italian.

[Ed Anger]

That and a giant pedophile arrow likes to follow little girls and their pet monkeys around.

[Eddie Teach]

Here, the show is mostly *in* English, but introduces words and phrases in Spanish. The idea it seems is to introduce English-speaking kids to Spanish.

I presume that the beef with the Italian version is that it is assuming that the kids speak English and 'trying' to teach them words & phrases in Italian.

That sounds like a rather odd choice for Italian television programming. 

[jimmy olsen]

I think the idea is that the kids already know Italian.

So the show is being used to teach them English...

Here, the show is mostly *in* English, but introduces words and phrases in Spanish. The idea it seems is to introduce English-speaking kids to Spanish.

I presume that the beef with the Italian version is that it is assuming that the kids speak English and 'trying' to teach them words & phrases in Italian.

That's just stupid, why wouldn't they dub it so that it does the opposite?

[derspiess]

I'm not the strict one. 

Hopefully you're strict with the boy, at least.

[Ed Anger]

I ran into my first geek car window stickers. Fucking nerds.

Since I forgot to take the damn picture, an internet example: