08-04-2009, 09:27 AM | #106 |
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Anch'io voglio sapere, per favore !
Ok, ho visto, grazie. Considering that it is "le palle" in italian, I think a closest translation in english would be using the word "balls". But as you say it's pretty vulgar, let's not dwell on it. Last edited by Gaurnim; 08-04-2009 at 09:30 AM. |
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thank you. i will endeavour to incorporate this into my vocabulary, but i'll be careful who i say it to.
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True, "balls" would be closer than "nuts". But watching American movies and reading American and English literature, it seems to me that "nuts" is a more widely used word than "balls", which makes it a translation more faithful to the "spirit" of the sentence, even if not so faithful to the "letter"
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And this is actually a very popular expression among young people, at least where I live. |
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As if he was trying all the passwords by typing them one by one. I haven't see TRON entirely yet, but I plan to do it someday, hopefully before the next one comes out, in 2010 I think. |
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Now that I think about it:
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Flint mountains bothered you, and extremely irregular and eccentric movements of the planet don't? I'm not accusing, mind you, I'm just throwing food for thoughts: I remember reading, years ago, a fantasy saga set in a hollow world where gravity didn't pull towards the center of the planet but towards the planet's crust, so that those who lived "inside" the hollow world "walked on the roof" so to speak. The "external" shell of the world still had mountains and oceans, even thought it would be geologically impossible as well. This, absurdely, never threw me off. What I felt really distubing, and what kept pushing my suspension of disbelief hard, was that two of the main characters could block a zweihander (huge germanic two-handed sword) blow using a rapier. Which, if I tried when I practiced medieval fencing, would have caused my arm to be chopped off by the zweihander. |
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I'm a roleplayer, and we sometimes meet absurd situations that can't be explained by rational means.
For those, we say TGCM, wich means "Shut Up, it's Magic" ("Ta Gueule, C'est Magique" in french) to remind people about suspension of disbelief. It's also become a joke when the situation is far too absurd. Quote:
Medieval fencing is very interesting to practice (I did during two years), but it's not really useful in day-to-day life, so it's why most people don't mind reading such things. |
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I really really like those books, there are some really brilliant ideas. We have started a campaign of evangelisation towards our friends in order to haev them all read those books. It has worked well so far, nobody has sued us for subjecting them to mental torture, so they must have enjoyed the books. There are some books for which I don't even ask myself if the world is consistent, and these are an example. Enjoyment plays a good part in the willingness to believe the world created by the author. |
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The Discworld, on the other hand, is extremely absurd, but surprisingly consistent
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I like the second one much better. It's like being caught offguard by something so stupid that you drop'em for an instant.
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i didn't realise that was a possibility. doesn't that make you nervous ? i think if i knew i was in constant danger of such an event i would live my life in a much quieter fashion...
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