Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Lost in translation

This was too funny that I just had to write about it. Props to my friend Blake all the way in the UK for telling me this awesome bit of info. Just another example of culture getting lost in translation. In some Spanish Speaking Countries, when they see the movie star wars, and the name of the little robot, "R2-D2" comes up they become a little confused. The confusion is because when it is said they think that the characters are saying "Arturo Dito" which roughly translated means "little arthur." This is the funniest thing I have heard all day. This is especially hilarious when you substitute this with dialogue from the movie, such as "Take her down "Little Arthur" or "My name is C-3PO, and this is "Little Arthur!" It just sounds ridiculous.

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