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My English-Spanish desk calendar quotes Pink Floyd (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Never before have I heard Spanish in a Scottish accent. My brain just tried it and I'm amused.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

¡Tú! ¡Sí, tú! ¡Estarse quieta, chaval!

In my head I'm trying to yell it in that same rough accent. It sounds menacing.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

My brain is somehow hearing the original voice, just...in the Spanish I'm reading. Maybe that's why it sounds menacing haha

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago

I don't know if the Scottish guy saying it would have perfect pronunciation or not... Like if he said "quesadilla" would it be "kay-so-dee-ah" or "kay-suh-dill-uh?" 🤔

[–] pfwood178@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

pudin should be postre

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, seems like they tried to do a direct translation without accounting for the difference in the meaning of ‘pudding’ between UK and US English.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I think this entire calendar is direct translations. Other pages have seemed incorrect after I looked up unfamiliar words. Though my Spanish is not good enough to catch the errors most of the time.

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pudding is pudín in Spanish. Postre is dessert.

[–] pfwood178@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. And the line in the song is about dessert. Pudding (UK English) = Dessert (US English)

[–] admin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe the person translating didn't know it was the lyrics of a song. I don't know what song it is.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

eeeeeh.

[–] PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It's an old British Idiom far preceding Pink Floyd.

[–] thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org 4 points 4 months ago

There is a bit of a Pink Floyd trend today: https://mander.xyz/post/27564901

[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

For those who do need education

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Lumpy Space Princess throwing shade on that purple Spanish box.