Comments on: Machine-Translated Jokes! http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/2009/01/22/machine-translated-jokes/ I Would Not Burn the Library of Alexandria For You Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mari http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/2009/01/22/machine-translated-jokes/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Mari Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:46:48 +0000 http://www.jincywillett.com/journal/?p=190#comment-2131 Ah, but one of those mistranslations is coming from a spelling mistake in the French: serrait instead of serait. And it can't get frippés, because it should be fripés. I like starting sentences with "Ah, but" - it makes me feel wise. I also like being a pedant in the wrong language. I think I like you, too, Jincy, but I fear you. Ah, but one of those mistranslations is coming from a spelling mistake in the French: serrait instead of serait. And it can’t get frippés, because it should be fripés.

I like starting sentences with “Ah, but” – it makes me feel wise. I also like being a pedant in the wrong language.

I think I like you, too, Jincy, but I fear you.

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