All Your Bases Are Belong To Us

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-04 11:07am

I want to was this phrase intentionally written this way or did someone screwed-up the translation?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-05-04 11:15am

Edumacates the obvious n00b to the Zero Wing phenomenon

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-04 11:23am

So its like when the instruction on how to assemble an IKEA bookcase is translated from English to French by a Korean

Thank you.....come again you may now lock this thread.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-04 12:39pm

Why is it when English gets mutilated it's funny, but when someone mutilates another language there will invariably be at least one native speaker of that language that gets righteously indignant?

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-04 01:45pm

Frank Hipper wrote:Why is it when English gets mutilated it's funny, but when someone mutilates another language there will invariably be at least one native speaker of that language that gets righteously indignant?

Because English is unusually tolerent of bad translation. It's fairly obvious what "all you base are belong to us" means, even if it really shouldn't be. Othr languages don't provide this luxury.

Of course, I'm not a native speaker of any other language, so I couldn't be

jenat-lai · Post by **jenat-lai** » 2004-05-04 10:13pm

As Yoda shows, Incorrect grammar in English, Still understandable it is. in english, many ways to express yourself understandably there can be

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-05-05 08:38pm

Simple, because all your languages are belong to us

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-05-05 09:12pm

I just found out what that means last week. Damn funny.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-05-05 09:42pm

Some one set us up the bomb!

Zero Wing, I actually played it, good fun.

How are you Gentleman....

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2004-05-05 09:43pm

A friend of mine introduced me to the All Your Base phenomenon about 3 or 4 years ago.

Six months later, he was dead.
He jumped off the 10 story Math Building (Evans Hall). A classic case of a pot addict's downward spiral.

So, yeah it tickles my funnybone when someone brings up "All Your Base," but then I remember my friend and get sad.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-05-05 10:32pm

I don't know if you actually seen the animation, Montcalm, but just in case here it is:

http://www.allyourbasearebelongtous.com/

Flash or GIF, take your pick. It's just a bad case of Engrish.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-06 04:55am

President Sharky wrote:Simple, because all your languages are belong to us

Hehe

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Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-06 05:05am

Hehehehehehe. In the "All your base" images at the end of the Flash, I particularly liked the UN and God billboard ones.

"All your base are belong to us!!!" -- God

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-06 05:20pm

Breaking news!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-06 05:30pm

Rogue 9 wrote:Breaking news!

Oh that's classic!

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-05-06 05:49pm

*Bows* Thank you, thank you!