Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Quick Tumblr Thread Is An Australian Rosetta Stone


This ended up being Rosetta Stone for a single language. This quick and funny Tumblr thread takes us on a quick tour of the many ways we can express one thing, when it comes to language/cultural references. 

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Text - @gotitforcheap-deactivated201611 if you're american and coming to australia, I'm gonna go ahead and say that you should be 100 percent way more worried about being king hit by a dude named "dane" in a bintang singlet than any fucking spiders that exist here marimopet what does this say in english

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Text - merinnan "Good sir, if you are a resident of the United States of America and coming to visit the sunny land of Australia, allow me to inform you that you should be rather more concerned about being sucker punched by a gentleman named 'Dane' who is likely to be seen wearing a wifebeater with a beer company logo on it than by any of the dangerous spiders that exist on this lovely continent".

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Text - myangelofthelord ok so what does it say in american merinnan "You're more likely to get sucker punched/ cold-cocked by an asshole than you are to be bitten by a spider".

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Text - carryonmy-assbutt thank you you-or-your-memory Well rattle my spoons, that don't make a lick of sense. Wot in tarnation does this hootenanny say?

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Text - flubz ya mosey on by Australia, you best be fixin' to get to some fisticuffs more'n checkin fer "If spiders." operationsc This is a Rosetta Stone for a single language

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