Saturday, July 25, 2020

Tumblr Thread: Hilarious Translation Fails From A Summer Camp Book


This fun Tumblr thread captures the hilarious misunderstandings that can result from translating an English book. In this case, it's an innocent book about summer camp that results in all kinds of misinterpreted sentences. Sometimes getting lost in those translations is a fun business. It would be just a little frightening if one had chipmunks ("tiny wolves") running around their summer camp. Check out more completely random, strange, and hilarious Tumblr gems over here.

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Text - hedgehog-moss One of the first books I read in English as a kid, maybe 1 year after I started leaming English, was a booklet with a title like, How to Have a Great Time at Summer Camp. I don't remember the exact title and I know I only picked it up because the other books in English in my school's library looked way beyond my level, stuff like Austen and Dickens. The summer camp booklet didn't look to0 interesting but it was small with simple sentences. I ended up being fascinated with it

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Text - 3. I had no idea that the word "pet" could mean "favourite". When the booklet said one kid might become "the camp counsellor's pet", my dictionary helpfully led me to believe it meant that a psychologist would pick one unfortunate kid to be his domestic animal for the summer. Slightly disturbing. I moved on 4. the kids slept in "bunks" and my stupid dictionary only defined this word as "couche". Which is not wrong, but we would probably say couchette instead, or better yet lits superposés

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Text - queueing up for lunch and I was like "What do you think?" and my friend said hesitantly, "Maybe if it's a small diamond?" and I insisted "No! The book says it's big!" 6. among the basic items the book said every kid should bring to camp were "batteries". I didn't bother looking up that word in my dictionary seeing as it's the same in French. I didn't know it was a false friend, and I was impressed to learn that most American kids own a drum set and bring it to camp as an essential item 7.

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Text - what-even-is-thiss This is delightful. Thank you for sharing. wreck-it-remy2 I've never been to camp like what OP is describing so I get a lot of this. But I do not understand number 6 at all. batteries are portable electricity to power electronics such as music players, radios, and flashlilights. I have no idea what "false friend" means in this context, but I'm guessing it isn't another way to say fake friend, also known as someone you know who pretends to be your friend. I have no idea

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Text - what-even-is-thiss A false friend in language learning is two words in different languages that are pronounced the same but have totally different meanings. Like the Spanish word educado and the English word educated sound quite similar but they have completely different meanings. Educado means polite. I'm no French speaker but I'm assuming from this post that the French word for drums sounds very similar to the English word battery. lugooble Two things: a. This made my day, thx and b. Th

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Entitled Mom Loses It Over Free Seashells


If someone is just giving something away for free, it's probably in your best interest to make your receiving of that item as convenient for them as possible. In this case, this person thought she could have free stuff delivered to her, an occurrence that is all too common with entitled folks and their frustrating demands.

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Text - FREE - Free Seashells Mark as Sold More Options created this group You're not connected to 1 member Becky named the group Becky · Free Seashells. Becky changed the group photo. Hello! I'd love to take these off your hands. Awesome, I can just leave them outside on my porch for a pickup whenever you're available. Yay. I can come in a few hours when I get off work. Thanks again, I've needed some shells for a project! What is your address?

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Text - It's. :In s area off 'l leave them out now in a bag on the doorstep, take them whenever. Shoot. Darn it that's about 40 minutes away from me. I don't suppose there's anyway you could meet me half way?! ( I don't really leave the area here as I'm 8 months pregnant and with COVID going on. But if you're ever in the area just let me know and if they're still available l'll leave them out for you.

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Text - Yeah, sorry I won't be in that area anytime soon. I have no reason to be over there TBH. Those shells are something I need though, is it possible you could please meet me at the Walmart off - and ?? That's 30 minutes away from me. The shells are totally free and its 3 unreasonable for me to drive an hour round trip. As I said, if you're ever in the area l'Il leave them out. Uhh, unreasonable? It's just a polite thing to do to compromise with people. You're selling on a community page wher

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Text - I'm interested in them because they're FREE, but l'd end up spending time and money to drive so far. Kinda defeats the purpose of a free item? At the LEAST you can hold them for me until I'm in the area. If you can't meet me at least hold them please. Thank you. 4 I have someone coming to get them shortly. I got these at the beach, they were free and easy to find, if you really need them that badly.

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Text - Okay I have to say that's pretty messed up. WHY can you not hold them for me? It's not like your missing out on a sell, they're FREE. It's business etiquette, first come first serve. Extremely rude to give them to someone else. It wouldn't have inconvenienced you at all to just wait for me, like I said you aren't missing out on any money or anything!

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Text - I don't have the time or ability to go to the beach, otherwise I'd have just gone there don't you think? That's why I was looking for FREE shells. This was suppose to be for my daughter's mermaid room and not having them will be a big inconvenience for me. I just wanted to let you know It's extremely rude to give them to someone else and not just hang on to them for a few day's especially after I told you how much I need them and messaged you first. Hope the other person NEEDED them as mu

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Clever Comebacks From Spicy Silvertongues


The proper series of words can leave someone utterly crushed. There's nothing that gets us going like a clever comeback that renders its recipient speechless. Check out more remarkable retorts that wrecked people over here.

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Text - Pistol liked Abby Govindan @abbygov why does no one talk about how depression and anxiety can cause major memory loss? 09:40 · 7/10/20 · Twitter Web App 13.3K Retweets and comments 92.8K Likes locephaly @loceph - 22h Replying to @abbygov we do. you mfs just keep forgetting Q 34 27259 ♡ 9,289

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Text - People really be grown and still using umbrellas??? f2 You supposed to become waterproof after you turn 18 or something?

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Fictional character - Uncle Fabian * @Uncle_Fabian Who wins this Fight and why? ONE:12 DC MEZO •naa shidaa. @shidaazzlesthem You're literally putting the god of thunder against a guy with a sore throat in a Halloween costume

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Sky - ellentube #TheEllenShow #Ellen #EllenDeGeneres Can This Teenager Use a Rotary Phone? 2.7M views 4 days ago 56K 6.6K Share Download Save day ago "Oh look at these stupid kids. They can't use a rotary phone. They can't use a phone book." Wow, it's almost like as technology advances, older things slowly become useless and obsolete. Kind of like Ellen...

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Text - abby @abbypauline_ I've been in 7 car accidents this year, y'all can't tell me God doesr have a plan for me. senpai @jasminsenju Girl it sound like he tryna kill u

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Text - PhotographyByAdri • 2h I think I've only seen this posted like 50 times in the last month Reply 29 cj-psych-54 • 1h I've only seen your mom like 50 times in the last month -12 PhotographyByAdri • 47m That's not surprising. She works in a newborn intensive care unit, so she's seeing big babies every day. 32

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Text - In the 1950's, one of the journalists criticized Marilyn Monroe saying that she's only beautiful because of her fancy dresses/clothes. Then she did this photoshoot wearing a potato sack as a response. NO. I SANT ONOT ITATOE NG PRODUCE mOED & SPPED

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Text - Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998 Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5 Monday to Friday. I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times. Jennifer Lee Rossman @JenLRossman We're disabled, Daniel, we're not werewolves.

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Technology - chris @icedoutomnitrix yea bro aint this that festival u did? Ja Rule O @jarule · 6h Y'all lucky I can't run president... lol

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Text - Carson @CallMeCarsonYT There is no greater defeat than when the waiter calls me "buddy" when l'm ordering my food Soon I will be 21, yet here l am, looking like l'm 14. 5:06 PM · 5/3/20 · Twitter for iPhone 2,850 Retweets 68.1K Likes Seth Everman @SethEverman · 9h Replying to @CallMeCarsonYT that's okay buddy Q 10 2786 11.6K Carson @CallMeCarsonYT · 9h quiet gramps i could use your head as a mirror 27150 10K

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Text - Text - ... Yesterday at 2:15 PM · O If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation O Like Comment Share 20.6K and 28.8K others shared this I love how you all talk shit about a generation you raised like it's their fault and not yours. 228 17h Like Reply Write a comment... GIF --

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Text - Text - Active 26m ago 4:41 PM Weirdo Why'd you like my pic from 2017 I'm not weird You just haven't looked good in awhile

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Text - Text - Nita D @Nitaa_xo DANK MEMEOLOGY There is a cure for cancer - His Name is Jesus There is a cure for HIV/AIDS - His Name is Jesus There is a cure for Lupus - His Name is Jesus There is a cure for Diabetes - His Name is Jesus jovan @EhJovan well when is he going to publish his research

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Text - Text - 38 mins There is a guY in front of me with Iraq veteran Plate frame so I yell out my window thank you for YOUY service. He yells back at me thank you for paying your taxes and putting me through college. Not what I was expecting to hear. Like Comment Send

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Text - Text - O Save HELP Vacationers rescued after spelling 'HELP' with leaves 235 Comments 438 Shares O:0 2.7K A Share Comment Like Most Relevant

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Text - Text - Most Relevant - Write a comment... GIF They must be from a generation that learned how to spell the old-fahsioned way without the assistance of auto-correct instead of those who only know how to type or text! 30 Like · Reply I'm sorry your generation finds it so difficult to spell "help". Do you want an award for knowing how to spell help without autocorrect or that you can write it in cursive? Kids these days can hack into secure networks and build websites by the time you knew ho

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Text - Text - I'm on the bus and this guy is so fine but he has an iPhone 6 And you're on a bus

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Text - Text - 5 Awards Wait, you're actually Rick Astley tho...? Reply 23.8k ReallyRickAstley 12h • No stranger to love 13 Awards Yes! 26.5k theMalleableDuck • 11h 1.2k Awards I think I might cry!!! It's actually you. I met you at a backstage event when I was 12. Seriously a big fan. I've seen you in concert five times. 67.5k ReallyRickAstley 11h • No stranger to love 74 Awards 49.3k

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Text - Animated cartoon - This is perfect. That cliff is the perfect spot for our first meeting. Yeah. As soon as she meets you, she can fump right off.

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The Time a Car Wash Turned A Customer Crash into an Ad


The employees of Quick Quack Car Wash probably didn't think they'd have a hit on their hands when a customer sped through their car wash and crashed into a barrier. However, with the help of their strategically placed cameras and some careful editing, this masterpiece was born.

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Boss Continually Insults Employee, Employee Takes Revenge


This boss barked up the wrong tree. Got to hand it to this guy for his heroic level of patience when it came to toughing it out, and biding his time for the ultimate pro revenge. Sounds like a great six months was enjoyed by the employee after they were fired. Would be pretty nice to get paid over $32K for doing nothing, by the very boss that thought they could fire you amidst all their HR violations, and never pay the price for it. 

Check out some more workplace drama with this employee who got fired, and proceeded to take the essential program with them.

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Text - r/ProRevenge u/Divine_Squire • 1y + Join Revenge for the boss from hell. 30k+ payable to me, thanks. Greetings, I posed this story once before in days past but deleted it in fear legal reasons. I've revised it and feel more comfortable sharing. The title of the story was something like "Creamfilled karma ending for boss" or something along those lines. I enjoy the heck out of this sub along with malicious compliance and petty revenge. I can tell you as a long time lurker this story is wor

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Text - TLDR: Boss was a dickhead all the time, then insulted me while I was eating lunch with a client in public. I painfully planned and executed a plan to make him pay me over 30,000 dollars as punishment , I was successful. I worked for this small business IT Consulting firm for seven years. Owned and operated by a person we will call Dick. First two years things were fine. Occasionally this guy would take things a little too far, he was just passionate about his opinion and always had to be

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Text - For months l'd hear him shouting all the time at this one guy. The co-worker after leaving the meeting would go back to his office from where I had a view and I could just see the stress and misery in his face. Till finally I said to him, "what the hell man? He's always giving you a hard time here lately, what did you do?" He didn't seem to know. He confided in me right there the level of hell he's in and some of the things Dick has said or done. I couldn't believe some of the details he

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Text - A few months later he finally found another job and left. I talk to him couple times a year and he always said it was the best choice in his life he ever made. Dick's sights then narrowed on to me. I can take a lot. So for the next five years I took it. He would insult me pretty much every day, each day more and more colorful. I didn't really care or take it home with me so it wasn't a problem for me, for Dick I would learn it was. Unrelated, five years in I put in my notice because he as

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Text - What I learned is I was a fool to do that and money isn't everything. Go where you'll be the most happy. Best life advice I can give after this experience. He left me alone for a couple months after that, he wasn't in the office much either. Then a day struck his fancy to start things up again only he ran out of material. My work is solid and he had no opportunity to criticize that. The only method he had was bashing his ego and sarcasm around but he realized it had no impact on me. Here

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Text - entitled and sarcastic tone if you were an expert on the matter and wanted to see those credentials. I learn fast, just never speak unless spoken too. Any comment or insult he made I would respond without emotion and just say ok. Because Dick wasn't able to get a rise out of me the old fashioned way he decided to create fictional content for a new direction. Our small company would go out to eat as a whole, or just order in on Fridays. I ate half my sandwich, and wrapped the remaining to

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Text - This went on a couple weeks, he had no opportunity and couldn't complain. He realized he failed again. So then he came up with the next item. The Bathroom. This I actually did a little research on and couldn't find anything legally I could do. But anytime anyone would use the rest room he would blame me for the smell. Instead of hello when passing in the highway he would say "Did you use spray" or "Did you light a match" as hateful as he could, but that was his normal. It went much deeper

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Text - I must have visually tipped him off I didn't approve of this because he never got bored with it. However I did at least get him to stop asking about if I used spray. Anytime I used the bathroom, even to take a piss l'd use the entire can of air freshener. This wasn't an easy task as l'd have to mask my face to empty that entire thing. Takes a while surprisingly to empty an entire can in a session. One thing is for certain when I was finished, someone used the "spray" and Dick was buying a

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Text - I almost walked out. Then I remembered he drove and it's a long way back. Plus Dick is over 60, what kind of person knocks out a senior? I had to chant that in my mind to keep control. I never get pissed but after years this was the last straw! I seriously pleaded with myself all day not to do it because l'd go to jail and he would win. During this time period he also started playing with my money. Behind 4-5 months with reimbursement, week late on paychecks, stuff like that. You ask wher

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Text - Then the idea came to me that night, did my research and odds were in my favorite that it could work. I'm just going to mirror him until he fires me. When he fires me he will have to pay half my current salary of 65k until I get a new job. You know what? I can live perfectly fine on 32.5k. Why not make him pay out of his pocket 32.5k for everything he had said and done? He would have to pay this over the course of six months or until I found a new job. So my goal was to make him pay me $3

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Text - So I hit him where it hurt first, his favorite thing in the world is meetings. Because he loves to hear himself talk and take you step by step through his thought process with a noble tone congratulating himself for his thinking and why his way is the best way. So I started speaking up and illustrated a more efficient way that cost less. He would argue, sometimes red in the face mad. Especially if others in the meeting liked my idea. He knew he was wrong but he would dismiss them and dema

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Text - Trust me when I say this guy has a massive ego and I was counting on this for pissing him off. I laid it on thick, in time it took its toll. I knew it did because what came next. His retaliation was the kitchen sink, he had nothing so he started accusing me of things, then playing coy when it came to reviewing the details or facts. He would put words in my month, I'd state he was wrong and then he would tell me I was. All he was doing was opening the door so he could play a revengeful sar

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Text - While I took delight knowing he was hemorrhaging money for months, I was hoping for a lay off to execute my plan. Nothing. T have to make him want to fire me, it's the only way. T have to beat him at his own game while providing the illusion he is in control. So I turned up the heat. I was asked to travel to a client by the 2nd in command. I said "I'm sorry man, I haven't received reimbursement in six months for travel expenses and I just had my work cell phone service turned off. With th

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Text - That day Dick had a meeting with me and setup a payment plan to pay the money back. After three weeks it would be paid. So I said to Dick "understood, after three weeks l'Il be on the road again, cool" just making sure he understood because he wanted to play games and not pay the amount in full Dick is now going to pay me my salary for three weeks to do nothing until the reimbursement fee is paid. Guy has a several million dollar house, goes on vacations has a boats, etc. Out of all the t

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Text - Then on the third week, three days until the final payment, it happens. Dick enters my office, and gives me the filmier demeaning dog wave gesture to follow him without speaking. We sit down and he asks me what the problem is? I told him the problem is he needs a new hobby. In one hand you have someone sitting here that busted his ass for the last seven years, in the other your need to bash someone's face in the dirt with your ego. The problem with me is I won't conform and provide both.

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Text - After a pause He said if you feel that way why didn't you speak to me about it? I reminded him that I did twice and both times you humiliated me for it and said "this is I.T!" What the I.T Career that I've done the last twenty years had to do with his ego l'll never know. He responded with I'm behind the times, my work has been poor and out of the kindness of his heart he gave me a raise after I demanded it. I responded with Ok. Then he finally said what I wanted to hear "I want to cal| i

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Text - When I arrived home I promptly adjusted the dates on the unemployment forms I had filled out already in wait and submitted them. I called the state and confirmed everything was documented on my end accurately and now it's the waiting game. My plan wasn't realized until my boss receive the letter in the mail about a week later stating he's going to have shell out my Salary for the next six months or until I found a job. Panicked at this point he realized what I set him up for. So He claime

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Text - Realizing the shit storm he's in now I'm told from the admin friend he was on the phone with them quite a while twisting and turning the fake stories out. Bottom line, the state needed to see documented verbal and written warnings, signed so he couldn't fake them. He called his lawyer and his lawyer told him he's screwed. Later my boss told co-workers he felt bad for me that I couldn't find work and he decided to give unemployment to me to save face of his ego. That made official that his

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Text - For the reason I was terminated I said "Dick the owner made some poor business discussions that impacted the company losing business and clients. He let me go as a business discussion, in his shoes l'd of done the same and understand." I wrote it that way for a reason. But Dick didn't realize why. I knew what his reaction would be. The state saw a down to earth guy that was honest and understanding on paper. Then they saw Dicks predicted response of being a dick, most likely yelling and o

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Text - His reaction being, his ego had to take it up the ass. Once for failing as a business man, another for me saying so on state paper work, and lastly accepting that I got the better of him and all this time I have been coaxing him to make this move. The only thing left to do is pay me, every single week. And his money goes to the state first then the state sends it to me, so he can't play games with my money or the state is coming after him. Over the next six months I took that time to enjo

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Text - It was either that or knock him out during that lunch, It wasn't easy, took work but I'm proud of the way | handled it. I feel vindicated, it's pretty rare the world is balanced, evil often wins. But not this time. This time it cost Dick, 32,500 dollars to be exact. All in all I can say 10/10 would do it again. Due to his age I can't imagine that it would be a humbling experience at this point. But it was for me, money isn't everything, there is only one thing of true value, your happines

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