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CanadianEd
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 Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: Only in Japan - I only realized this after I bought my Wii.. |
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I spent an hour translating this thread which had originated on 2ch.net into English for some reason; I'm fucking out of my mind. The original thread this was translated from can be found archived here. Posts made by other posters have been put in orange to clarify things. I've taken the liberty of trimming out a few of the excess responses too, but for the most part it's all here.
Warning: this is long. And somewhat pointless. And did I mention long?
Unfortunately, as the board doesn't let me embed Youtube videos, you'll have to click the video links to see videos.
It starts out sort of stupid, but wait till you get to post 22.
I only realized this after I bought my Wii
1 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:26:28.93 ID:iiDuccro0
But I don't actually own a TV...
4 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:30:14.95 ID:iiDuccro0
Come to think of it I think we bought a TV a few years ago, we just never actually used it much.
Gonna go dig it out of the closet real quick.
6 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:31:29.55 ID:iiDuccro0
TV acquired!
I think I can make this work.
7 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:32:04.80 ID:iiDuccro0
All right, hooking it up
9 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:36:04.09 ID:iiDuccro0
My room!
I've got both a little girl AND a huffy one in here, you know?
10 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:39:20.86 ID:iiDuccro0
Damn, I wanted to hook it up using the component cable, but this TV only has composite inputs...
[ed: okay, so the original Japanese said "D video connector", but we don't have that shit here on this side of the pond, so component cable it is.]
11 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:41:52.73 ID:iiDuccro0
Got the Wii hooked up!
And geez, the Wii is humoungous.
This ain't of the scale of the PS3!
12 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:45:18.24 ID:iiDuccro0
Setting it all up.
The sensor bar? You put it on top of the TV, of course, it's common sense.
13 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:47:25.37 ID:iiDuccro0
Hey, it's coming up
14 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:49:37.53 ID:iiDuccro0
Check out those high-res graphics!
GK can't say shit to this [this is a 2ch game board in-joke, don't worry about it]
15 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:53:56.16 ID:iiDuccro0
Let's play Warioware!
16 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:55:06.13 ID:iiDuccro0
19 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:56:29.67 ID:iiDuccro0
You know, this is actually pretty hard...
22 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/05(火) 23:57:37.91 ID:iiDuccro0
Got some great in-action video taken!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82SJOJKPL4&eurl=
31 ：壷ふりお京 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:03:45.63 ID:zet7LrWg0
Hey, my user ID changed.
The girls are captivated by my smooth moves!
40 ：VIP勇者 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:10:03.94 ID:avCb+vI20
Haha, those are DBZ Bulma and Chichi dolls!
45 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:15:23.48 ID:zet7LrWg0
Oops, my dad's taken over the living room so I'm gonna move this all to my room
Hold on a sec here guys
44 ：VIP足軽x ：2006/12/06(水) 00:14:55.21 ID:Y77cXKOq0
∧＿∧＿∧
＿＿_（・∀・≡；・∀・） (trembling with anticipation)
＼＿／（つ/と ) ＿
／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣／|
| ￣ ￣￣￣￣￣￣:| :|
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47 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:19:30.45 ID:zet7LrWg0
Took a while to set everything back up!
50 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 00:22:25.33 ID:Jy9X42+p0
Man, this is for real
I'm so sorry for having doubted you man
54 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:24:35.34 ID:zet7LrWg0
I'm glad you all believe me now
Cleaning up the room, hold on a sec here guys
Got more video here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_rHlvyNiKY&eurl=
60 ：VIP村人c ：2006/12/06(水) 00:28:20.60 ID:JME5PFZy0
rofl
61 ：VIP勇者 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:28:27.12 ID:DfKoI6Gf0
the thread fucking delivers!
63 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 00:30:55.26 ID:qaz3d+A10
Man, he ain't even kidding
65 ：VIP足軽MS ：2006/12/06(水) 00:30:59.90 ID:JJK9rjgY0
He's made me want to buy a Wii!
67 ：VIP勇者 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:34:27.17 ID:DfKoI6Gf0
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0006J84IK?tag=hijikoman-22&camp=243&creative=1615&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B0006J84IK&adid=1W53PXJH75A1QJKS58E1&
That TV costs more than the Wii itself, hahaha
[ ed: it doesn't show the price now that the product is out of stock, but that TV cost something along the lines of 30,000 yen, compared to the Wii's retail price of 25,000 ]
68 ：猿回しの勘三 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:35:44.76 ID:xs8QIy+n0
>>67
wtf hahaha
69 ：VIP賢者 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:37:37.47 ID:JQlkjiFw0
man, that's amazing
71 ：VIP村人g ：2006/12/06(水) 00:39:42.89 ID:Et+KWd/Z0
>>67
hahahaha
70 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:38:27.89 ID:zet7LrWg0
Man, Virtual Console is nice and all
But having a real Famicom is great too.
72 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:40:26.06 ID:zet7LrWg0
Got it hooked up!
Now THIS is the true flavour of the 80's! [ed: it originally originally said "showa era", but once again "80's" is a lot easier to understand.]
73 ：VIP村人g ：2006/12/06(水) 00:42:22.39 ID:Et+KWd/Z0
She's sitting on two floor cushions, too...
74 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 00:42:27.13 ID:qaz3d+A10
Man, that Famicom's fucking huge
75 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:42:54.04 ID:zet7LrWg0
Super Mario, bitches!
76 ：VIP村人f ：2006/12/06(水) 00:42:56.40 ID:pNgurM9e0
I want one too now
77 ：VIP商人 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:43:58.28 ID:O/dpldxt0
Threads rarely reach this level of greatness these days.
78 ：門番の娘 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:44:08.23 ID:wRvBTEnT0
holy shit hahaha
79 ：VIP村人xxx ：2006/12/06(水) 00:44:29.31 ID:xdvnSgACO
man, I wouldn't mind sleeping with the OP if given the chance
80 ：VIP足軽v ：2006/12/06(水) 00:44:50.79 ID:WN7y9cLn0
Just plain awesome.
81 ：VIP毒蛇 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:47:06.08 ID:LOtqpjZB0
Isn't the level of difficult a little TOO high here? XD
82 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:48:17.89 ID:zet7LrWg0
Holy shit it's a lot harder now
Playing right now, will upload videos later
83 ：VIP足軽v ：2006/12/06(水) 00:48:17.56 ID:ThwkQDBqO
I can't study for my test like this dammit
I demand reparations!
84 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 00:49:00.51 ID:qaz3d+A10
Those videos rock ＼(＾o＾)／
87 ：愛のVIP戦士 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:50:15.09 ID:fWqO+8+XO
I laughed so hard I coughed a PS3 out of my lungs!
88 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 00:50:32.53 ID:qaz3d+A10
Try playing Nobunaga's Ambition on that TV! [ed: if you don't know what Nobunaga's Ambition is, imagine trying to play Civilization or Starcraft on that screen. ]
89 ：VIP奴隷 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:51:18.98 ID:2Kz+ff5j0
Hey, try hooking up a PS3 to that thing too lol
92 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:55:56.23 ID:zet7LrWg0
By the way the viewable area of this TV is 1.5 inches :)
94 ：VIP村人g ：2006/12/06(水) 00:57:00.55 ID:Et+KWd/Z0
1.5 hahahahaha
95 ：VIP村人u [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 00:57:51.76 ID:VMhjZGNu0
Fucking awesome!
The OP has taken a toy which had served absolutely no useful purpose in its original form and transformed it into the epitome of entertainment!
A we've got fucking genius of entertainment here guys!
98 ：籠屋の銀二 ：2006/12/06(水) 00:58:45.01 ID:ugO/3LgCO
hook me up with this shit haha
100 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:00:08.67 ID:zet7LrWg0
Dammit, I died at world 3-1.
Converting the video to divx now, will upload to youtube when I'm done
101 ：VIP村人xxx ：2006/12/06(水) 01:02:06.97 ID:g4pdAonU0
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102 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:02:58.84 ID:zet7LrWg0
Man, I'm glad I managed to get this many responses
Was wondering how it'd turn out around the post 20 mark
I love you all
103 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 01:04:07.50 ID:qaz3d+A10
>>102
I want a Wii now!
105 ：愛のVIP戦士 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:06:36.26 ID:761GqaFm0
Fuck the Wii, I want that TV!
107 ：VIP毒蛇 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:09:09.18 ID:rik74nQc0
I find the fact that it costs more than the Wii incredible.
110 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:10:15.21 ID:zet7LrWg0
Got these guys here too
113 ：VIP村人h ：2006/12/06(水) 01:12:22.42 ID:Et+KWd/Z0
Hey OP, please marry me.
114 ：愛のVIP戦士 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:14:33.31 ID:7iX7ot060
wow...
112 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:11:50.65 ID:zet7LrWg0
Finished uploading it!
Just gotta wait for Youtube to publish it
Gonna go to sleep after it comes up.
115 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:18:26.33 ID:zet7LrWg0
Super Mario video on a 1.5" TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsABcK2JAWk&eurl=
I thnk this should be the right address, though Youtube hasn't finished converting it yet.
116 ：ただの戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 01:20:33.43 ID:IPL6cMgI0
I'm so glad I managed to catch this thread
117 ：VIP足軽q ：2006/12/06(水) 01:20:59.30 ID:nPEPUgXy0
1.5"? that's less than a quarter of the size of an in-car GPS system display for god's sake
120 ：gatekeeper00.sony.ne.jp ◆dgjjFf0on2 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:25:01.15 ID:zet7LrWg0
Off the record here,
I bought the "Cardboard Brown" DS Lite earlier than everybody else earlier this year too, y'know?
[ ed: the original thread for THAT can be found here ]
121 ：姫 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:25:37.67 ID:RGbiQJH70
Fuck, that was you!?!
122 ：VIP村人h ：2006/12/06(水) 01:26:16.71 ID:Et+KWd/Z0
>>120
whoa
123 ：愛のVIP戦士 [sage] ：2006/12/06(水) 01:26:22.81 ID:qaz3d+A10
>>120
So that was YOU?!?!
125 ：VIP村人v ：2006/12/06(水) 01:28:49.05 ID:VMhjZGNu0
>>120
Goddammit hahaha
134 ：VIP足軽の子 ：2006/12/06(水) 01:32:52.03 ID:pbJnOuXt0
If this were a weekend this thread would have been buried amongst the others by now.
In any case, good fucking job man OP
137 ：VIP村人h ：2006/12/06(水) 01:33:44.51 ID:Et+KWd/Z0
>>1
GJ.
You've made a thread that actually delivers within the midst of shit threads.
( I can't believe I just spent an hour sitting here translating Japanese netspeak into English netspeak. :( )
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Balzac
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:25 am Post subject: Re: Only in Japan - I only realized this after I bought my W |
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| CanadianEd wrote: |
| Spent an hour translating this into English for some reason. I'm fucking out of my mind. :( |
That may be so, but I'll be dammed if the thread poster doesn't have you beat by a mile. Insanely awesome is what it is I tells ya.
Even more interesting are other posters' reactions. I always love getting these glimpses into foreign BBS culture, especially when it seems that relating PS3 jokes to everything isn't simply a western phenomenon. |
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Koji
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| Well, that's lol. |
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yellowoystercult
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| Excellent. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:16 am |
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wow
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dementia
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that's really cute.
Good luck with Trauma Center. |
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Persona-sama
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I'm surprised a Japanese /v/ is so similar to an American one. Actually, they seem to work harder on their posts compared to us though. :o
Good job, CanadaEdman. It's fun to peek into other netculture!
This is why we need an imageboard, by the way. *cough*
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BalbanesBeoulve
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| Wow. That's really similar to the kind of postings going on in Densha Otoko. |
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That is freaking great. Thanks!
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| That was awesome, thanks Ed. |
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John Mc.
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| madness! |
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CanadianEd
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:00 am |
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| BalbanesBeoulve wrote: |
| Wow. That's really similar to the kind of postings going on in Densha Otoko. |
That's because they originated from the same site! I'm pretty sure this thread was born out of the VIP boards on 2ch. The VIP boards are sort of like a Japanese version of SA, for the lack of a better description. |
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trickless
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| ... I feel there are so many things I wanna try out on that TV, yet I can't think of what. |
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Oh man! I so want one of those TV's.
*checks amazon jp*
Won't ship outside of Japan! O_O
*Shakes fists at Japan on the sole reason that they rock harder then I do* |
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| that's definitely...something. cute, maybe? thanks for the translation, though; that part's great. |
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luvcraft
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| thank you. That was the awesome. |
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dmauro
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| Penny Arcade forums wrote: |
I took a peek at the original Japanese thread. Ironically, the translator missed a catchphrase.
Translation: I bought a TV!
Original: テレビGET！ |
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CanadianEd
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:31 pm |
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| dmauro wrote: |
| Penny Arcade forums wrote: |
I took a peek at the original Japanese thread. Ironically, the translator missed a catchphrase.
Translation: I bought a TV!
Original: テレビGET！ |
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I refuse to leave just leave it as broken Japanese English like that when comprehensible English works just as well. It's a "windshield", not a "front glass"; a "rear-view mirror", not a "back mirror"; and I most certainly live in a "condo", not a "mansion", thank you. |
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dmauro
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The point he is making is the "TV GET!" is internet slang that you would also find on a western message board.
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Persona-sama
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I wonder how you'd translate that.
"TV Get!"?
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dmauro
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All caps "GET" as in my last post.
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Persona-sama
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You post too fast, dmauro. :/
POST JACK GET!
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Broco
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| dmauro wrote: |
| The point he is making is the "TV GET!" is internet slang that you would also find on a western message board. |
CanadianEd is I'm sure aware of this, and he knows what he's doing. In Japanese "something GET" is not Internet slang but a common phrase found everywhere, so the correct translation is to a common phrase in English.
There are three separate words involved here. The common English verb "get", the Japanese suru-verb-stem "GET" (also written as katakana getto), and the English Internet slang "Get!" imitating the Japanese grammar. Since each word has distinct meaning or connotations, proper translation requires more than simply following the line of historical loaning; it means actually approximating the meaning with another word or phrase.
As another example that might be easier to follow, since the loaning history is not circular: we should generally render sayounara as "Farewell" or "Goodbye" despite the fact that the word "Sayonara" is also an English word -- since the connotations are different in each language.
This is exactly the kind of subtlety that sets apart quality translators from obnoxious fan translators. (Note: I don't mean to imply that all fan translators are bad or make this mistake.) |
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Mr. Business
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Man, this really made my night.
So, Broco, would a quality translator try to be interpretive with the "GET" or just leave it as is. I'm guessing the former. |
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Broco
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:26 am |
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| Good translation is always interpretive. It's better to see it as a form of exegesis instead of a mechanical conversion of words and grammar. |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:28 am |
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| Penny Arcade forums wrote: |
I took a peek at the original Japanese thread. Ironically, the translator missed a catchphrase.
Translation: I bought a TV!
Original: テレビGET！ |
someone explain what's ironic about this.
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dmauro
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:02 pm |
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| dessgeega wrote: |
| Penny Arcade forums wrote: |
I took a peek at the original Japanese thread. Ironically, the translator missed a catchphrase.
Translation: I bought a TV!
Original: テレビGET！ |
someone explain what's ironic about this. |
It was in context. They were talking about how he took some liberties to make the phrases more internet-slang like such as "This is a good thread" to "Thread delivers," so he was saying it was ironic that he didn't take the opportunity to use the "GET!" phrase.
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kazuo
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:49 am |
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"___"GET is also used on American messageboards, 4chan in particular.
So, simply translating the line as "TV GET!" or "Television GET!" is fine too
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Nice thread tho, I LOL'd. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:51 am |
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Schwere Viper
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| Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:01 pm |
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I thought the whole "---GET" thing started when it appeared in Super Mario Sunshine.
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