Eddie [any]@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoWhat is Squidward called in your language?feddit.orgimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageWhat is Squidward called in your language?feddit.orgEddie [any]@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/28290932 He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.
minus-squaresmeg@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·37 minutes agoDutch cops out a lot on adapting punny names. Part of it is that the puns don’t work, but part of it is that the Dutch are very literal with naming things. The Count on Sesame Street? Graaf Tel. Count (title) Count (action).
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoBoy do I have some news for you about some of the other characters…
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoPlankton…Ms Puff…Larry the Lobster…
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours ago I just wanted to point out that nearly every name in that show is a copout
That feels like a cop out 🙁
Dutch cops out a lot on adapting punny names. Part of it is that the puns don’t work, but part of it is that the Dutch are very literal with naming things.
The Count on Sesame Street? Graaf Tel. Count (title) Count (action).
Boy do I have some news for you about some of the other characters…
I’m listening….
Plankton…Ms Puff…Larry the Lobster…
Wait who’s Larry
I just wanted to point out that nearly every name in that show is a copout