Lost in translation? Language Humor

Posted on June 15, 2012 by quantumphysica

A few conversations with an awesome person (you know you you are) brought me on the subject of language humor… So when I found this pic I just had to post it. I hope this makes you people smile as much as it did me…

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My name is QuantumPhysica The Insane, but you can call me QP. I am insane, admitted to a mental hospital in Belgium, and waiting for a decent diagnosis at the moment. Once I was a physics student with goals in life and what more; now I'm simply the patient of Room 93. Ever wondered what life is like in the psychiatric ward? I'll tell you everything you ever wanted to know... I am... particularly twitchy of personality. But I also am genuinely interested in everything. There is nothing that doesn't interest me, really. Everything, from quantum computers to fashion and cars to traveling... I also give advice. On anything. No taboos whatsoever. And I make lists of things...

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7 Responses to Lost in translation? Language Humor

thedomnextdoor says:

June 15, 2012 at 1:33 pm

You have A Lovely Blog in our humble opinion 🙂 http://thedomnextdoor.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/the-dom-next-door-gets-loved-twice/

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- quantumphysica says:
  
  June 15, 2012 at 3:26 pm
  
  thank you so much!
  
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weordmyndum says:

June 15, 2012 at 1:42 pm

Is it weird that my first reaction to this is “But their Pinyin is all wrong”? I’m kind of a language geek.

My favorite, from my days of Latin classes, is “Semper ubi sub ubi.” It translates into English as “always where under where.” Seems nonsensical, but read the English translation out loud a couple times….

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- quantumphysica says:
  
  June 15, 2012 at 3:17 pm
  
  That is awesome! It made me giggle… 😀
  Languages are awesome; unfortunately I speak no chinese at all xD
  
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  - weordmyndum says:
    
    June 15, 2012 at 6:03 pm
    
    I was a Chinese minor in college, though I’ve lost a lot of it since I dropped out. I’m a big language and linguistics geek, so language humor amuses me.
Isleofmisfittoys says:

June 15, 2012 at 3:35 pm

hahaha this made me laugh till I had tears. hahahah…some of those are great!! hahaha

😀
misfit

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- quantumphysica says:
  
  June 15, 2012 at 3:40 pm
  
  xD
  Especially for you 😀
  
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