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66.177.152.114
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02:47:11 AM Apr 5th 2010
"Fleer of death" — Voldemort's bubblegum card collection?
205.211.249.24
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02:54:48 PM May 6th 2010
Is the picture and the caption accurate?
70.30.236.81
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06:26:23 AM Jun 11th 2010
the web comic menage a 3 does not feature gratuitous French, the character is not fluent in English and substitute English words she doesn't know / can't remember with French ones which is her first language. "gratuitous French" would need her to not have French as her first language, be fluent in English, and trying to sound smart.

its a variation of "Eloquent In My Native Tongue"

genkracken
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03:28:51 AM Oct 3rd 2010
Is there some context for the page quote that someone can provide? Otherwise, it just looks like a French localization of Pokemon.
Ghilz
02:26:14 AM Oct 5th 2010
It's a random guy you meet in Veilstone. In the Japanese game, he speaks english, in the english version, he speaks french. Needs Context yes.
193.191.216.25
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02:02:48 AM Nov 29th 2010
The Pink Panther reboot has C Louseau investigating a murder, and at one point he talks to a Chinese lady. Everybody assumes he is lying that he understands Chinese and it isn't subtitled, so we don't know what he says. The ending twist reveals not only that he talks Chinese, but that she revealed the murderer. So people who can speak Chinese, can already find out the truth in the middle. Bilingual Bonus worthy, not?
kairu
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06:53:29 AM Jun 7th 2011
Funny there's no comics section considering the page image.
MorganOperandi
05:30:00 PM Oct 15th 2011
Completely agree. I'll have to start one, since I know a perfect example.
MikeRosoft
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01:53:38 AM Nov 6th 2011
Removed:
  • The Lone Ranger. "Tonto" means "stupid" in Spanish.
    • True but irrelevant. Tonto was a Potawatomi brave. His name surely has a more positive meaning in his native language.
      • It wouldn't be the first time an innocuous name meant something less so in another language. Just ask the people of Fucking, Austria.
      • Or the writers thought it sounded foreign enough and were racist. It did run from the 30s to the 50s.
        • The Lone Ranger was not racist. In fact, it was one of the few pro-Indian Western series of its time.
Natter and - as noted - irrelevant.
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