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All Your Bases Are Belong To Us
Posted: 2004-05-04 11:07am
by Montcalm
I want to was this phrase intentionally written this way or did someone screwed-up the translation?
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Posted: 2004-05-04 11:15am
by General Zod
Posted: 2004-05-04 11:23am
by Montcalm
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.
Posted: 2004-05-04 12:39pm
by Frank Hipper
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?
Posted: 2004-05-04 01:45pm
by InnerBrat
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
Posted: 2004-05-04 10:13pm
by jenat-lai
As Yoda shows, Incorrect grammar in English, Still understandable it is. in english, many ways to express yourself understandably there can be
Posted: 2004-05-05 08:38pm
by President Sharky
Simple, because all your languages are belong to us
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Posted: 2004-05-05 09:12pm
by Lt. Dan
I just found out what that means last week. Damn funny.
Posted: 2004-05-05 09:42pm
by Jon
Some one set us up the bomb!
Zero Wing, I actually played it, good fun.
How are you Gentleman....
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Posted: 2004-05-05 09:43pm
by Bob the Gunslinger
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.
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Posted: 2004-05-05 10:32pm
by Slartibartfast
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.
Posted: 2004-05-06 04:55am
by Sarevok
President Sharky wrote:Simple, because all your languages are belong to us
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Hehe
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Posted: 2004-05-06 05:05am
by Rogue 9
Posted: 2004-05-06 05:20pm
by Rogue 9
Posted: 2004-05-06 05:30pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Posted: 2004-05-06 05:49pm
by Rogue 9
*Bows* Thank you, thank you!
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