Chanter ([personal profile] chanter1944) wrote2019-06-18 10:51 pm
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Son of a!

When you realize you've been using é, and should have been using è. @#&!*@^

My proofreader hat needs a dusting-off, apparently. :( My fandomgiftbox submission needs a couple edits!
technoshaman: Tux (Default)

[personal profile] technoshaman 2019-06-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Sacré bleu! :)
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[personal profile] technoshaman 2019-06-20 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
*nods* Screen readers, especially those who grok only English, can be a right PAIN when working in other languages!
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[personal profile] thnidu 2019-06-20 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
?-> escuchar
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[personal profile] thnidu 2019-06-20 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Sankta mardo en semajno!
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[personal profile] technoshaman 2019-06-20 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you just swear in Esperanto?!
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[personal profile] thnidu 2019-06-21 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You bet Jurass(ic Park) I did!
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[personal profile] alexseanchai 2019-06-22 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
*pokes google translate*

*is confused*
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[personal profile] thnidu 2019-06-23 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonder why GT missed "sankta"?

Onyhoo, I've been an Esperantist for, well, over half a century. At some point I decided I wanted a minced oath that was satisfying to say but wasn't gross or truly offensive. "Sankta mardo en semajno" has eight syllables in a good punchy trochaic tetrameter, and means literally "Holy Tuesday in a week". But if you change the second letter of "mardo" to "e"...
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[personal profile] alexseanchai 2019-06-23 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
oh gotcha! that's really clever :)
Edited 2019-06-23 18:25 (UTC)
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2019-06-19 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Merde alors!

Its's easily done. :o)