https://xkcd.com/2869

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Why couldn’t the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

  • @kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Now, I don’t want to be the asshole that shits on a nearly 40 year old classic movie… but why would the Goonies’ map, written in Spanish, rhyme when translated to English? And why would it translate into “Olde English” with a bunch of “ye” this and “ye” that?

    • @Glyphord@lemmy.world
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      567 months ago

      My head cannon is that it’s being interpreted by Mouth who is adding his own artistic flair to the text. So the “ye” this and that are just him playing around with the words.

    • @Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      367 months ago

      Also “ye” in olde English is just pronounced the. It’s wasn’t a y it was used for the letter thorn which made the th sound. They never said ye. So there’s no way the Spanish would translate to fake old english

    • palordrolap
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      147 months ago

      The dead pirate captain’s name is literally a penis joke. I don’t think anything in that movie is supposed to be legit.