Blogos Blandos
So I was told (admittedly by an unreliable source) that "Caramelos Blandos" means "Small Candies" in Spanish.
Isn't it odd, sometimes, the ironic coincidences?
I mean, picture the scenario:
Two countries are at war.
The two countries have their own languages.
The leaders of the two countries meet, to try to sort out peace.
The two leaders speak each other's languages, but not very well.
Coincidentally, in one of the languages the words for "I'm sorry. Let us be at peace." happen to sound almost identical to "You are a smelly dog kisser. May you rot in the ground where your whore of a mother spent her old age fornicating." in the OTHER language.
Well.... things might not go very smoothly at all now, might they?
Wait... that's no good...
Isn't it odd, sometimes, the ironic coincidences?
I mean, picture the scenario:
Two countries are at war.
The two countries have their own languages.
The leaders of the two countries meet, to try to sort out peace.
The two leaders speak each other's languages, but not very well.
Coincidentally, in one of the languages the words for "I'm sorry. Let us be at peace." happen to sound almost identical to "You are a smelly dog kisser. May you rot in the ground where your whore of a mother spent her old age fornicating." in the OTHER language.
Well.... things might not go very smoothly at all now, might they?
Wait... that's no good...
posted by Arithon @ 9:15 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:57,
Pablo said…
Terry Pratchett makes an almost identical observation in one or antoher of his Discworld books... though I believe his goes...
"Unfortunately, 'AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGH!' in the language of the natives means 'Please, more of the boiling oil, I'm quite enjoying this.'"
Or similar.
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