Son of a!

Jun. 18th, 2019 10:51 pm
[personal profile] chanter1944
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!

Date: 2019-06-20 07:59 pm (UTC)
thnidu: flag: green, with green 5-pointed star in white square upper left (dexter chief). tinyurl.com/c4ang4g (Esperanto)
From: [personal profile] thnidu
Sankta mardo en semajno!

Date: 2019-06-20 08:35 pm (UTC)
technoshaman: Tux (Default)
From: [personal profile] technoshaman
Did you just swear in Esperanto?!

Date: 2019-06-21 03:06 pm (UTC)
thnidu: my familiar. "Beanie Baby" -type dragon, red with white wings (Default)
From: [personal profile] thnidu
You bet Jurass(ic Park) I did!

Date: 2019-06-22 10:19 pm (UTC)
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)
From: [personal profile] alexseanchai
*pokes google translate*

*is confused*

Date: 2019-06-23 12:46 pm (UTC)
thnidu: raised hand, palm facing viewer, with pinky, index finger, & thumb extended, and middle & ring fingers closed against palm (sign language)
From: [personal profile] thnidu
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"...

Date: 2019-06-23 06:24 pm (UTC)
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)
From: [personal profile] alexseanchai
oh gotcha! that's really clever :)
Edited Date: 2019-06-23 06:25 pm (UTC)
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