[TAG] Japanese help

[Heather Stern]

> > I suppose the traditional thing would have been to compose a cryptic 
> > impromptu haiku.
> 
> There you go!  Pete, if I were you, I'd fire up my mad haiku (or at least
> senryu) skillz.
 
Speaking as a girl here a haiku sounds sweet ;)

> > Languages unfortunately are tied to cultures, and don't do well as simple 
> > word substitutions.
> 
> Except as a form of comedy, e.g., the gentle art of "speaking Latin like
> a native":
 
For the record this made me giggle out loud:
 
> Oh! Was I speaking Latin again?   
>   Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar?

I *swear* I could hear Rick saying this in my head...

> Luke, I am your father.
>   Luke, sum ipse patrem te.
> You don't know the power of the dark side.
>   Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis.

That was pretty good too.  But this combo takes the cake:

> I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous
> rock at your head.
>   Catapultam habeo.  Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum
>   immane mittam.
> I have a terrible hangover.
>   Crapulam terriblem habeo.

Final translation:
Go ahead, shoot me.  I won't notice, because the chariot racers of Saturn
already ran me over.

But how do you say: 
Argh, I cannot get my wireless to work!  Hand me that ubuntu disc.

;P

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