• don
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    1216 months ago

    Took a second longer than necessary, then I groaned.

  • @samus12345
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    396 months ago

    Somehow Caesar misheard “grando” as “ave”, since they’re of course speaking Latin and not English.

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        66 months ago

        Ce ne sont pas des Romains.

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              I think he tried using a dictionary or translation tool, and failed to consider that “eunt” is the indicative form of “eō”/“īre” (to go) and not the imperative form. So he’s stating that Romans go home (with extraordinarily poor grammar, mind you), when he probably means to tell Romans to go home (“Romani ite domum!”)

              Edit: Apparently this is a Life of Brian reference. I am a fool

    • oce 🐆
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      106 months ago

      It’s like in American shows, they just speak English with a foreign accent (potentially unrelated to the location).

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        26 months ago

        It’s reasonable to assume that the characters are speaking their native language and it’s being translated for our benefit, but it becomes weird when they use idioms or puns in English that don’t exist in those languages.

      • @[email protected]
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        06 months ago

        perhaps… and hear me out… it’s so that people can understand and enjoy the show?

        u may love subtitles, but not everyone does

        • @LwL
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          More like because finding english speaking actors is a lot easier in an english speaking country, and also the writer likely doesn’t speak every language that would be relevant. Plenty of countries don’t get dubs of movies or series and people can still understand and enjoy them just fine. Though it probably increases appeal or there just wouldn’t br dubs.

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          I don’t particularly love them, but subtitles are just part of daily life in any non-English speaking countries given the amount of English speaking media being produced, so most of the world are used to them.
          I think quite a lot of English natives also use subtitles on English media because of sound mixing or sound system issues that make dialogues hard to hear.

          Anyways, it’s just a little jest, if you enjoy this trope, I am happy for you.

        • @[email protected]
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          it’s so that people can understand and enjoy the show

          Subtitles?

          u may love subtitles, but not everyone does

          Ah, so it’s not about understanding

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            16 months ago

            many people find it difficult to read subtitles fast enough, due to poor eyesight, dyslexia, poor education, developmental issues, the list goes on. its a little ableist to be so pretentious about your preference for subtitles.

            for the record: i personally do not mind subtitles; i just know that there are people less advantaged than me. embrace choice.

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              Oh hell yes I’m all for subtitle supremacy, with everything that comes with it. Including final solution to the dyslexic question

  • @VinnyDaCat
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    136 months ago

    He’s not wearing purple though.

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        Not Caesar though.

        He was wearing it all the time before he was assassinated as the senate had allowed him to do so. This was after the 5th triumph when they dumped a lot of other titles on him. The picture has the laurels in it, which is also typically just for ceremonies, so he should also be in a purple toga.

  • @EpsilonEridani
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    106 months ago

    Punctuation is everything. Didn’t get it at first…