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Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

BloodyScab posted:

That stuff is just accepted in Japan. Its not a fuckup. Its funny because if Blizzard or EA did that there'd be a huge uproar and possibly boycotts.

To test this I suggest Blizz make Melinda Megamelons their next Overwatch character.

Her name was de Cameron, which when written in Japanese is Dekameron. In japanese, deka means big or huge, and meron means melon. When a British company translated the game, they did a direct translation of deka meron as Megamelons. But, and this is the important bit, the Japanese have different a different alphabet for loanwords. In the original Japanese game, dekameron would've been written in Katakana, which the translator would've recognized as signifying that the name was a foreign term written in Japanese letters, and not the Japanese word mega melon.

So the British translator did it as a joke, and probably as an insult to the Portuguese, as all British people are racist.

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FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

What game is it?

# ? Sep 23, 2017 14:10

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Way of the Samurai 4

# ? Sep 23, 2017 14:38

Karate Bastard: Jul 31, 2007; Soiled Meat

Mr Havafap posted:

Circumcision.txt

Saywhat?

# ? Sep 23, 2017 14:44

Stoatbringer: Sep 15, 2004; naw, you love it you little ho-bot

Guy Goodbody posted:

Melinda's surname, de Cameron, is written as dekameron in Katakana which translates to "Megamelons" and is actually the name used in the European release of the game

Wait, so ex-Prime Minister David Cameron is really David Megamelons?

# ? Sep 23, 2017 15:30

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

No, that would be David de Cameron.

David Cameron mistranslated would be more like "David or a melon."

# ? Sep 23, 2017 15:44

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

# ? Sep 23, 2017 15:47

Sound Mr. Brown: Feb 21, 2005; The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.

Guy Goodbody posted:

But, and this is the important bit, the Japanese have different a different alphabet for loanwords. In the original Japanese game, dekameron would've been written in Katakana, which the translator would've recognized as signifying that the name was a foreign term written in Japanese letters, and not the Japanese word mega melon.

So the British translator did it as a joke, and probably as an insult to the Portuguese, as all British people are racist.

counterpoint: https://twitter.com/decamelooon

edit: also google image search for デカメロン is pretty great, a bit nws

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:00

PathAsc: Nov 15, 2011; Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

Sound Mr. Brown posted:

edit: also google image search for デカメロン is pretty great, a bit nws

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:39

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

# ? Sep 23, 2017 16:56

Hirayuki: Mar 28, 2010

Guy Goodbody posted:

In the original Japanese game, dekameron would've been written in Katakana, which the translator would've recognized as signifying that the name was a foreign term written in Japanese letters, and not the Japanese word mega melon.

But "melon" is a foreign term always written in katakana anyway, and "deka[i]" is often written in katakana for effect.

Relevant funny picture:

(the title of this book on intestinal health translates roughly to "The Capable Man Takes Big Shits" or "Those Who Can, poo poo Big")

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:12

Mr Shiny Pants: Nov 12, 2012

Stoatbringer posted:

Wait, so ex-Prime Minister David Cameron is really David Megamelons?

Nope, it's pigfucker.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:18

Who What Now: Sep 10, 2006; by Azathoth

Phlegmish posted:

lmao this is actually her name in the game

What's the game?

Edit: NVM, answered.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:25

Sound Mr. Brown: Feb 21, 2005; The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books.

Hirayuki posted:

But "melon" is a foreign term always written in katakana anyway, and "deka[i]" is often written in katakana for effect.

Relevant funny picture:

(the title of this book on intestinal health translates roughly to "The Capable Man Takes Big Shits" or "Those Who Can, poo poo Big")

dude even has the "banana for scale" going on

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:25

Mr Havafap: Mar 27, 2005; The wurst kind of sausage

Karate Bastard posted:

Saywhat?

Poster I quoted took the "80p" part in the pic and stood it on its head, looks like penis.
I think it looked like a mangled aka circumcized dong.
Now you laugh.

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:33

Karate Bastard: Jul 31, 2007; Soiled Meat

Oh. Oh ho!

# ? Sep 23, 2017 17:42

END OF AN ERROR: May 16, 2003; IT'S LEGO, not Legos. Heh

Wifi Toilet posted:

Exactly, I didn't know what show that image was from so I image searched it and all I got was references to Rick and Morty. So again,

13 Reasons Why

# ? Sep 23, 2017 18:37

Comptroll The Forums: Apr 25, 2007; DON'T HURT MY FEE FEES!

Mr Havafap posted:

Poster I quoted took the "80p" part in the pic and stood it on its head, looks like penis.
I think it looked like a mangled aka circumcized dong.
Now you laugh.

sorry about your gross mangled dick op

# ? Sep 23, 2017 20:14

gbut: Mar 28, 2008; 😤I put the UN🇺🇳 in 🎊FUN🎉

https://twitter.com/SquigglyRick/status/911486160551022592

# ? Sep 23, 2017 22:14

rodbeard: Jul 21, 2005

trapped mouse posted:

https://twitter.com/ivyaura_/status/911329269153882112

slightly

That's the second time in a couple of days I've seen someone label pornography as being slightly nws.

# ? Sep 24, 2017 00:39

Slime: Jan 3, 2007

gbut posted:

https://twitter.com/SquigglyRick/status/911486160551022592

This person has a point, if Charles Dickens had internet access he'd spend all day jerkin his merkin instead of writing about sad orphans.

# ? Sep 24, 2017 00:41

The Merkinman: Apr 22, 2007; I sell only quality merkins. What is a merkin you ask? Why, it's a wig for your genitals!

Slime posted:

This person has a point, if Charles Dickens had internet access he'd spend all day jerkin his merkin instead of writing about sad orphans.

I don't condone this behavior.

# ? Sep 24, 2017 00:46

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Sep 24, 2017 00:47

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

2 CREPPY 4 ME

# ? Sep 24, 2017 00:48

Cythereal: Nov 8, 2009; I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

I'm sure building this thing made sense to someone, somewhere.

# ? Sep 24, 2017 00:57

Trig Discipline: Jun 3, 2008; Please leave the room if you think this might offend you.; Grimey Drawer

Slime posted:

This person has a point, if Charles Dickens had internet access he'd spend all day jerkin his merkin instead of writing about sad orphans.

Yeah I was thinking this all the way through Walden. Like "yeah Thoreau you can talk all this poo poo about modernity but let me tell you about video games and pornography my man".

# ? Sep 24, 2017 01:12

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Cythereal posted:

I'm sure building this thing made sense to someone, somewhere.

We won't truly know it's flight capabilities until we fill it with marines for the test flights.

# ? Sep 24, 2017 01:13

syscall girl: Nov 7, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Fun Shoe

Trig Discipline posted:

Yeah I was thinking this all the way through Walden. Like "yeah Thoreau you can talk all this poo poo about modernity but let me tell you about video games and pornography my man".

Well he already beat you to the part about living with his mother. Just substitute "pond" for "basement" and assume he's close enough for her to still do his laundry and voila!

# ? Sep 24, 2017 01:21

The Bananana: May 21, 2008; This is a metaphor, a Christian allegory. The fact that I have to explain to you that Jesus is the Warthog, and the Banana is drepanocytosis is just embarrassing for you.