Magnificent Trout: La vita e' bella

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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Especially when there is such tender affection behind a platonic hug and kiss that it makes me go all wibbly inside.

At 6/10/05 9:41 am, Anika : Stage Walker said...: Life is beautiful?

Other languages make things sound so romantic, don't you think (except perhaps German - nah just kidding). Possibly because they're exactly that - foreign!
At 6/10/05 1:27 pm, Magnificent Trout said...: Si. The romance of the unknown is very potent, and not just with languages. Want a reality check? Try c'e' un pipistrello morto bloccato nello scarico on for size.
At 6/10/05 5:15 pm, Anika : Stage Walker said...: scaric.... I have no idea...leave it with me...I will mull
At 13/10/05 3:40 pm, Anika : Stage Walker said...: there is a blocked dead bat in the drainage
At 13/10/05 3:57 pm, Anika : Stage Walker said...: try this...

lattuga, anche se il verde, ancora viene verso l'esterno colore marrone
At 13/10/05 5:15 pm, Magnificent Trout said...: Close - "there is a dead bat blocking the storm drain". Yours means "lettuce, though green, still becomes brown on the outside." (I'm translating freely as I go :p
At 14/10/05 9:43 pm, Anika : Stage Walker said...: Close what I put into the translator was...
lettuce, though green, still comes out brown :)
At 15/10/05 6:37 pm, Magnificent Trout said...: Hee hee - there's a practical demonstration of why human translators ain't out of a job yet. Lattuga, benche' sia verde, ancora esce marrone.
At 15/10/05 7:00 pm, Magnificent Trout said...: Oh, and eww!