Author Topic: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"  (Read 1014853 times)

Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,154
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1070 on: December 06, 2013, 10:53:22 pm »
I commented "Gun's going off". ;D

How do you say that in German?  ;D
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline Penthesilea

  • Town Administration
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 14,745
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1071 on: December 07, 2013, 05:28:26 am »
How do you say that in German?  ;D


I said it in English. ;D
There's no good way to translate it, at least no metaphor including guns. Everything you could say is rather along the lines of Jetzt geht's los (here we go) or similar stuff.
Now that you're asking I'm wondering how they translated this in the German version. I own the DVD twice (one still sealed as a safety copy) and have the short story three times. But none of them is in German. :laugh:
I guess they simply translated it to Ich komme (coming!) or Jetzt! (now!).

Offline serious crayons

  • Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,697
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1072 on: December 07, 2013, 11:48:27 am »
But "gun's going off" isn't a familiar metaphor for that in English, is it? (Or is it?) In any case, if you said "The gun is firing" in German under TS1 circumstances, wouldn't a German viewer get the point?

But I can see where metaphors involving guns, like those involving baseball, are probably more of an American phenomenon.



Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,154
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1073 on: December 07, 2013, 12:36:56 pm »
I guess they simply translated it to Ich komme (coming!) or Jetzt! (now!).

 :laugh:

I guess "Ich komme" is recognizable in any language!  :laugh:

OTOH, I guess this shows how some (a lot?) of Annie's colorful prose can get lost in translation?  :(
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,154
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1074 on: December 09, 2013, 03:12:21 pm »
I just threw a sopping coffee filter teabag into the trash. Remind you of anybody?  ;D
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline Penthesilea

  • Town Administration
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 14,745
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1075 on: December 10, 2013, 01:36:24 am »
I just threw a sopping coffee filter teabag into the trash. Remind you of anybody?  ;D

Of course. Do you have a postcard of Brokeback Mountain?

Offline Jeff Wrangler

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,154
  • "He somebody you cowboy'd with?"
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1076 on: December 10, 2013, 10:34:36 am »
Of course. Do you have a postcard of Brokeback Mountain?

Nope. How 'bout one of Devil's Tower?  ;D
"It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide."--Charles Dickens.

Offline CellarDweller

  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • ********
  • Posts: 38,256
  • A city boy's mentality, with a cowboy's soul.
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1077 on: December 11, 2013, 12:40:35 pm »


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
Will you play my record? One-track mind!

Offline serious crayons

  • Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,697
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1078 on: February 01, 2014, 12:49:06 am »
I was talking to my son about my brother and noted that he doesn't have a dog, though he seems like the kind of guy who might like one. Then I remembered he's out of town for work much of the time, and thought, "He ain't set up for that."



Offline Brokeback_Dev

  • BetterMost 5000+ Posts Club
  • *******
  • Posts: 5,985
  • Love is a force of nature
Re: Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
« Reply #1079 on: March 15, 2014, 10:20:50 am »
This thread has been read over92,600 times.  :)