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I would happily pay lots of money for an analysis of Catullus 16. Extremely NSFW: An actual fancy-pants Latin poet posted:
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Oh, Maledicta, I think they're kind of like if Urban Dictionary had a doctorate. I'm curious to know all about merkins, and "Offensive Language Via Computer."
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ScienceSeagull posted:"Offensive Language Via Computer." Alright, here we go: gently caress
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Sep 19, 2023 20:30
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Strom Cuzewon posted:I would happily pay lots of money for an analysis of Catullus 16. Extremely NSFW: I have no idea why people translate pedicabo et irrumabo like that when "buttfuck and skullfuck" are much better English.
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Ages ago I worked in a candy store and the company we got our chocolate from was Merckens Chocolate Melts and I got to explain to the boss why I found that so funny. Spending all day selling pounds of Merckens to little old ladies and PTA moms. Unforgiveable amounts of "I need Merckens. I'm doing something special for the kids  "
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Woolie Wool posted:I have no idea why people translate pedicabo et irrumabo like that when "buttfuck and skullfuck" are much better English. Maybe it is just me, but in my lexicon "facefuck" involves a mouth whereas "skullfuck" features eyesockets. So there's a different vibe.
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I've also seen that line translated very euphemistically as something like "up yours, and sucks to you." Although some older editions of Catullus just give up and leave it in the original Latin. I think I used to have a Loeb Classical Library edition of Martial that translated some of the more explicit epigrams into Italian instead of English.
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ScienceSeagull posted:I've also seen that line translated very euphemistically as something like "up yours, and sucks to you." Although some older editions of Catullus just give up and leave it in the original Latin. I think I used to have a Loeb Classical Library edition of Martial that translated some of the more explicit epigrams into Italian instead of English. I'm really curious how they decide on loose translations like that. Is pedicabo et irumado something that the Romans would have taken as a slightly rude swear like "up yours", or would it have been as shocking and visceral (and funny) as "I will buttfuck and facefuck you"? How would we even know? (I'm reminded about a joke about the massive difference between horseplay and ponyplay, and how that should make us doubt almost any translation that relies on cultural knowledge)
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Sep 20, 2023 14:59
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Reminds me of something I read about the handling of swearing on Deadwood. Where they changed the cursing to words we would consider stronger, because hard bitten Western outlaws saying 'dammit!' wouldn't really convey the right tone.
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Sep 20, 2023 15:05
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19th century twitter https://twitter.com/LettersOfNote/status/644523690592485376?lang=en
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Strom Cuzewon posted:I'm really curious how they decide on loose translations like that. Is pedicabo et irumado something that the Romans would have taken as a slightly rude swear like "up yours", or would it have been as shocking and visceral (and funny) as "I will buttfuck and facefuck you"? How would we even know? there is a debate in translation pedagogy whether it's better to translate the meaning or to translate the literal definition of words. a good translator mixes and matches both of them, because lots of idioms or even basic concepts don't translate directly between languages.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:I would happily pay lots of money for an analysis of Catullus 16. Extremely NSFW: (I genuinely thought I was in the Achewood thread for a split second when I got to that last image, because obviously this was some sort of satirical thing. Chris Onstad could have written "Many anti-Semitic examples" in his prime.)
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Lumbermouth posted:19th century twitter brb putting this entire thing through the TikTok Lady Voice as if Abe were reading it to himself
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Strom Cuzewon posted:(I'm reminded about a joke about the massive difference between horseplay and ponyplay, and how that should make us doubt almost any translation that relies on cultural knowledge) Seems like we should have a term for "pairs of compound words or phrases made of words that are close to synonyms, but differ enough that when assembled and in context mean very different things" Eg Horseplay/ponyplay Butt dial/booty call Forgive me, Father, I have sinned/Sorry, Daddy, I've been naughty
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Strom Cuzewon posted:(I'm reminded about a joke about the massive difference between horseplay and ponyplay, and how that should make us doubt almost any translation that relies on cultural knowledge) butt dial vs. booty call
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My boyfriend works in a manufacturing plant with a bunch of rednecks aged 40s-70s. They thought twerk was what kids these days were using as slang for work, as in "I'll go twerk over here on this machine while you're twerking on that one." Every time he or I tell this anecdote, we can't get through it without cracking up.
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Sagebrush posted:butt dial vs. booty call And don't forget bottom text! Lumbermouth posted:19th century twitter Going to show this to everyone who goes on about how our ancestors were so much more literate and erudite.
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Dear Mr President Up yours also send girls
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Will Oblige
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ScienceSeagull posted:And don't forget bottom text! This dude was so racist ol’ Abe gave him an apoplexy. Good.
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Lumbermouth posted:19th century twitter Is this the 19th century's "Suck my dick, you fuckman?"
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Phy posted:Seems like we should have a term for "pairs of compound words or phrases made of words that are close to synonyms, but differ enough that when assembled and in context mean very different things" Great news! Language is now banned.
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Kchama posted:Great news! Language is now banned. 
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Kchama posted:Great news! Language is now banned. Tremendous release: intercourse becomes taboo
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That letter guy is using god drat like telegraphers used stop. Except, somehow more.
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Lumbermouth posted:19th century twitter I wonder how this guy would have reacted to receiving a letter full of the sort of sexual invective and graphic threats you would have seen in a particularly nasty usenet, LUE, or early FYAD flame.
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https://twitter.com/BarryPierce/status/1705177169360515313 https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/ak3npe/millie-bobby-brown-nineteen-steps-review  This is ghostwritten, so don't feel bad about criticizing Millie Bobby Brown.
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Huh, turns out eleven was the reading age.
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SimonChris posted:https://twitter.com/BarryPierce/status/1705177169360515313 Was it ghostwritten by the ghost of Edward Bulwer-Lytton'?
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Lol, that reminds me of this banger of a line I ran into a bit ago: quote:It was breathtaking. But the thing taking Sam's breath even more was his sprint across the sand. From a disaster scene in a fairly dumb time travel novel that I'll get around to complaining about at some point.
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SimonChris posted:https://twitter.com/BarryPierce/status/1705177169360515313 The prose sounds dire, but the writer of this article sounds like a loving dickhead. A positive portrale of Churchill in a novel set during WW2, from the perspective of a young girl in London? How dare they! The involvement of some real life deaths, during one of the most bloody periods of human history? Scandalous! Vice really went to poo poo over the years.
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Sobatchja Morda posted:The prose sounds dire, but the writer of this article sounds like a loving dickhead. YA novel discourse has become a bunch of promoters with knives trying to shank each other
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Ah, the '"Yes," he agreed.' school of descriptive writing.
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A few months ago, I posted about a fart book for kids with a so0undboard, because it was stupid and funny. Today I rescued another bit of fart-themed media from the dumpster. It's a deck of playing cards (they include two extra farts to make a full deck), not a book, but it inspired me to change my username and avatar. I know I'm running the risk of becoming known as "that fart goon" (especially with the username), but that's, like, a third of all goons anyway; I'm just being honest about it. Besides, I don't think I can top the lactose-intolerant goon who refused to give up cheese and cleared out his office (if I remember the story correctly). If anyone's interested in "scholarly" fart jokes, I can probably get some pictures tomorrow (there was a big line at the checkout counter when I was leaving, so I decided to buy it tomorrow). Here's the full box art for the deck of cards that I cropped for the avatar:  "Peer-reviewed" makes me picture a bunch of old dudes sitting around literally sniffing each other's farts. Fifty Farts has a new favorite as of 20:07 on Oct 25, 2023 |
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Amazing, more fart related content please 
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Captain Hygiene posted:Amazing, more fart related content please Friend, you've come to the right place.
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Captain Hygiene posted:Amazing, more fart related content please That's quite a username-post combo. Also, I like to think that you've been refreshing this thread all day waiting for more fart-centric posting. Wait no more, fart-friend. I'm here to deliver! Tree Bucket posted:Friend, you've come to the right place. Hey, that's my line! -- As promised/requested/threatened, here are some cards from the Fifty Farts deck. Again, apologies about the glare/focus on some of these; I just laid them out and took pictures so I could post this as soon as possible. The back of the cards are pretty simple:  Aces:     Kings:   (the first part there that's covered with a glare says "n: sonorous")   Sorry, but I haven't looked closely enough to see if there are any repeats (it's called "Fifty Farts" but the box says there are two "extra" farts included to make a full deck). I salute the brave researchers who catalogued and classified all the types of farts. I bet a similar project but about burps would be much more difficult since there aren't as many types. In conclusion: Farts. 
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What a language; 50 words for snow. And over here we have... 50 words for fart
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Fifty Fart Dates
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Thread completely delivers, I think we've all learned something today.
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