Shiina's engrish - Page 2

so_cold · 2009.04.16, 10:59 AM

SR's a very posh English girl, much posher than a prole like me. The Queen might say something like "I'm not your position"...

(international note: "posh" means "upper class")

Scribble R · 2009.04.16, 12:54 PM

Yeah, the Kaban no Nakami 'ahsk' at least in the Spa and Treatment version is so posh that it makes me lol

And pro-stitute. lolol

kuro_neko · 2009.04.16, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by TeslaGuy

Most Commonwealth countries also use British spelling. America is the aberration.

I was raised in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (go Commonwealths! can you name all 4 in the US? Okay, so I gave you one...) so I spell color as colour and humor as humour and use other alternate spellings. I mean, does it matter? I live in hawai'i now and everyone is using pidgin and writing "lik dis man, wat u up tu?" Ringo has pretty eloquent english by modern standards, and nowadays all of her english lyrics come from japanese translations as credited to one man, I forget his name, who has been doing her translations for quite some time (pretty much all of Jihen's catalogue and from before then as well).

so_cold · 2009.04.16, 01:36 PM

Robbie Clark - I don't know anything about him, but I think the translations often work for the song. The way that "If I were dying, they’d be personal effects" lyric drops so suddenly makes me T_T and I don't even know what it means.

And I love the "pro-stitute"...

frecklegirl · 2009.04.16, 06:02 PM

Ok COOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL I did not know Massachusetts was a true commonwealth and retained original spellings. That is kind of badass. I had no idea!

kuro_neko · 2009.04.16, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by frecklegirl

Ok COOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL I did not know Massachusetts was a true commonwealth and retained original spellings. That is kind of badass. I had no idea!

yes indeedy. we also retain many old world customs as well, including anal sex and human mince meat pies.

jigenbakuda · 2009.04.17, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by kuro_neko

yes indeedy. we also retain many old world customs as well, including anal sex and human mince meat pies.

LMFAO, man thats funny.

Wow, didn't realize I'd get my ass pwned so bad in this thread... of well, going to crawl back into my shell.

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2009.04.16, 12:54 PM	#12
Scribble R Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,392	Yeah, the Kaban no Nakami 'ahsk' at least in the Spa and Treatment version is so posh that it makes me lol And pro-stitute. lolol

2009.04.16, 01:36 PM	#14
so_cold Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London Posts: 480	Robbie Clark - I don't know anything about him, but I think the translations often work for the song. The way that "If I were dying, they’d be personal effects" lyric drops so suddenly makes me T_T and I don't even know what it means. And I love the "pro-stitute"...