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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020
2022-10-25 11:06:10

why did Fatter Queens change the entry in the first place? cuatro does mean four. ive never heard of it meaning a four-stringed instrument.

your original version of the entry is the best, and someone should look into Fatter Queens's edit history to see if they have a habit of making counterfactual edits.

Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-10-25 11:32:41

The cuatro is a real instrument, but one named for the number...well, guess. [1]. The old version is correct. Probably could use a clarification "...instead of Cuatro de Mayo ("fourth of May")".

Arctimon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-10-25 11:33:00

"Cuatro" does actually refer to a type of Latin-American guitar, but it seems more likely that it just refers to "four". Why Fatter thought to change it to that I don't know.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
2022-10-25 11:34:22

At first shake, I took Bungaman's removal more on the grounds that "it's less Fridge, and more the surface point of the name." But upon giving it more thought, it is Fridge (at least for me) because my brain always autocorrects it to "Cuatro de Mayo" which is what it should be called. My recommendation is adding a new entry:

  • Since Lucille's holiday takes place on May 4th, one would think it would be called "Cuatro de Mayo." However, "Cinco de Cuatro" actually means "five of four" which ostensibly is meaningless. This inability to bother to learn the meanings of the words actually makes sense when you take into account how little Lucille cares about other cultures and learning more about them (she calls her Korean son "Annyong" because she thinks it's a name instead of a greeting).

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Synchronicity MOD (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-10-25 11:55:19

^This is a better version of my comment :)

Vilui Since: May, 2009
2022-10-25 15:30:31

Just remove the word "ostensibly". No-one in-universe is claiming that the phrase is meaningless; it is meaningless.

BKelly95 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-10-25 17:43:08

Do we have consensus for restoration?

Also, I feel like I should add "for example" to the part in parenthesis.

BKelly95 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
2022-10-27 06:35:18

Bumping since this fell off the front page without a response.

BeerBaron Since: Mar, 2012
2022-10-27 06:40:46

^ I think you're good, taking Synchronicity's clarification comment above as well.

Being familiar with the show, I'm quite certain it's a "fifth of fourth" joke at the expense of Lucille being ignorant of the language/culture and nothing to do with an instrument that happens to share the same name.

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