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Aradai Pardo Martínez
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Mexico
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Swedish to Spanish
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Feb 5, 2010

Thanks for the laugh!
 
Françoise Vogel
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English to French
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Feb 8, 2010

Thank you Jason!
 
Vito Smolej
Vito Smolej
Germany
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English to Slovenian
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Feb 9, 2010

It's just a case of a lousy localization, I'd say: "no need to do the rest, Karin, it applies to unrealistic, zero-probability scenarios".
 
Alison Sabedoria (X)
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United Kingdom
French to English
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Feb 9, 2010

Brummies are used to this sort of thing - it's a very cosmopolitan city.

A few years ago Birmingham took delivery of the big ferris wheel that had previously been in Paris, complete with on-board commentary. For 3 months the locals had the joy of watching Birmingham's questionable delights sail by to the accompaniment of comments about the Eiffel Tower and the like. This fortuitous and surreal error proved to be quite an attraction in its own right.

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Brummies are used to this sort of thing - it's a very cosmopolitan city.

A few years ago Birmingham took delivery of the big ferris wheel that had previously been in Paris, complete with on-board commentary. For 3 months the locals had the joy of watching Birmingham's questionable delights sail by to the accompaniment of comments about the Eiffel Tower and the like. This fortuitous and surreal error proved to be quite an attraction in its own right.

And yes, it's my home town. You need a sense of humour to survive there. Follow the link below for an online "Brummie translator" =)

http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/main.asp?topic=translator&pageid=brummie&string=Where%20are%20you%20going%20tonight?&siteurl=http://www.jonbounds.pws.blueyonder.co.uk/brum/trans.htm ▲ Collapse
 


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