Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say

Started by jimmy olsen, March 03, 2012, 03:43:10 AM

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Tamas

#15
March 03, 2012, 09:35:20 AM
Que? Que?


I want an english-teaching job in Korea as well, dammit.

Capetan Mihali

#16
March 03, 2012, 11:22:06 AM
Quote from: Tamas on March 03, 2012, 09:35:20 AM
I want an english-teaching job in Korea as well, dammit.

*Que joke about teaching Koreans to harvest beets in 3..2..1..*
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fhdz

#17
March 03, 2012, 11:46:52 AM
 :lol:
and the horse you rode in on

Razgovory

#18
March 03, 2012, 12:34:38 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 03, 2012, 03:49:35 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 03, 2012, 03:45:33 AM
Cue, English Teacher.  A stage actor waits for his cue.  In England people form in queues to receive their pudding and boiled beef rations.
In my town, my pronouncements on English are law. :contract:

In Korea a Sunsengnim is never wrong, I am a native speaker with Master's in Ed, TEFL and US Teaching certification. I am like an English language god to these people.

I wonder if there was a similar problem in Japan back in the 1980's and that's why all the translations for my Nintendo games sucked. 

"A winner is you!"
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

DontSayBanana

#19
March 03, 2012, 12:40:08 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2012, 12:34:38 PM
I wonder if there was a similar problem in Japan back in the 1980's and that's why all the translations for my Nintendo games sucked. 

"A winner is you!"

Opposite problem.  A lot of the worst translations didn't rely on a native speaker at all.  "A winner is you!" is grammatically correct, it's just awkward ("Someone sent up us the bomb!" isn't, however).
Experience bij!

The Brain

#20
March 03, 2012, 12:56:17 PM
I recently read a book about medieval castles written by some continental illustrator (the drawings were awesome, castle porn) but apparently he wrote the text himself. The language was very peculiar (but not necessarily technically wrong).
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Crazy_Ivan80

#21
March 03, 2012, 02:07:57 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on March 03, 2012, 07:13:26 AM
Quote from: The Brain on March 03, 2012, 07:06:54 AM
Que? WTF

Que ball, que stick....naw doesnt work either.

cue pasa! cue sera sera!

That's not working either

DGuller

#22
March 03, 2012, 04:11:08 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on March 03, 2012, 07:01:38 AM
Well then, I guess we need to bomb and invade Saudi Arabia then...... :huh:. Ah thats right we're already there. We invaded in '91 and those towel heads didnt even know. :P
At least one of them did.

mongers

#23
March 03, 2012, 07:46:35 PM
I presume that American will yet again get the name wrong and end up bombing South Africa or all of South America to be on the safe side.  :P
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Eddie Teach

#24
March 03, 2012, 08:18:57 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 03, 2012, 07:46:35 PM
I presume that American will yet again get the name wrong and end up bombing South Africa or all of South America to be on the safe side.  :P

Which American? Fortunately, Tim's not in charge of sending out the bombing orders. :contract:
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Siege

#25
March 03, 2012, 08:35:37 PM
Really? We just have some more clues of the Saudi involvement, you guys are talking semantics?
Only in Languish.



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#26
March 03, 2012, 08:41:47 PM
Quote from: Siege on March 03, 2012, 08:35:37 PM
Really? We just have some more clues of the Saudi involvement, you guys are talking semantics?
Only in on Languish.

Would you have us grab our pitchforks and get on a plane to Riyadh?
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Ideologue

#27
March 03, 2012, 09:44:53 PM
Quote from: Siege on March 03, 2012, 08:35:37 PM
Really? We just have some more clues of the Saudi involvement, you guys are talking semantics?

I think you mean qlues.
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Razgovory

#28
March 03, 2012, 10:16:30 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on March 03, 2012, 12:40:08 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2012, 12:34:38 PM
I wonder if there was a similar problem in Japan back in the 1980's and that's why all the translations for my Nintendo games sucked. 

"A winner is you!"

Opposite problem.  A lot of the worst translations didn't rely on a native speaker at all.  "A winner is you!" is grammatically correct, it's just awkward ("Someone sent up us the bomb!" isn't, however).

Someone had to teach the translators.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Brain

#29
March 04, 2012, 03:42:14 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2012, 10:16:30 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on March 03, 2012, 12:40:08 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2012, 12:34:38 PM
I wonder if there was a similar problem in Japan back in the 1980's and that's why all the translations for my Nintendo games sucked. 

"A winner is you!"

Opposite problem.  A lot of the worst translations didn't rely on a native speaker at all.  "A winner is you!" is grammatically correct, it's just awkward ("Someone sent up us the bomb!" isn't, however).

Someone had to teach the translators.

Why? They held a gun to his head?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.
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