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Post by patapin on Apr 18, 2017 14:35:50 GMT
Hello girls and guys,
I'm retranslating in French all the episodes of Outsourced, and I am wondering about Todd's words in this extract:
I believe he is too polite to say "You bet your ass", but does "asp" mean something?
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Post by dancelover on Apr 18, 2017 20:38:38 GMT
Yes, "asp" si the kind of snake that Cleopatra used to kill herself. D Hello girls and guys, I'm retranslating in French all the episodes of Outsourced, and I am wondering about Todd's words in this extract: I believe he is too polite to say "You bet your ass", but does "asp" mean something?
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Post by patapin on Apr 19, 2017 8:07:48 GMT
Excellent! I didn't make the comparison, but you're right, asp stands for viper! Many thanks
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Post by patapin on Jul 18, 2017 13:44:16 GMT
Hello again, now in the 8th episode, there is a play on word, I guess, about a "flying monkey": Why does Manmeet talk about a guess from a wrong place? Is it something sexual? Does it concern a God? What relation is there between several meanings of "Flying Monkey"? (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flying%20monkeys)
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Post by Dil Bert on Jul 18, 2017 14:35:18 GMT
Why does Manmeet talk about a guess from a wrong place? Is it something sexual? Does it concern a God? What relation is there between several meanings of "Flying Monkey"? (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flying%20monkeys) "Crouching tiger? Flying monkey." I'm sure is a play on well known film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Guess from a wrong place could be another way to say "talking out of your [butt]" (not knowing what you are talking about). Not mentioned in that clip is a phrase en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monkeys_might_fly_out_of_my_butt which I mention as it nicely ties the [butt] to the flying monkey.
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Post by dancelover on Jul 18, 2017 15:24:55 GMT
The most famous flying monkees were in The Wizard Of Oz. D Why does Manmeet talk about a guess from a wrong place? Is it something sexual? Does it concern a God? What relation is there between several meanings of "Flying Monkey"? (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flying%20monkeys) "Crouching tiger? Flying monkey." I'm sure is a play on well known film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Guess from a wrong place could be another way to say "talking out of your [butt]" (not knowing what you are talking about). Not mentioned in that clip is a phrase en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monkeys_might_fly_out_of_my_butt which I mention as it nicely ties the [butt] to the flying monkey.
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Post by patapin on Jul 18, 2017 16:00:21 GMT
Thank you very much, now I understand what Manmeet said. It's a pleasure to read you, each time, thanks again for your help.
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Post by MrB on Jul 19, 2017 8:38:49 GMT
I took the "bad place" to be his viewpoint on the whole thing: first taking as an Indian version of the Christmas story, then as a hotchpotch of standard Eastern images; so not taking it seriously, and not trying to understand the local culture. But I also like Dilbert's interpretation, and agree with the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon play.
And I'm sure you already know, but the actual flying monkey involved is Hanuman, as Diwali celebrates the defeat of Ravana by Rama and Hanuman's monkey army.
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Post by patapin on Jul 19, 2017 9:14:04 GMT
Hi MrB,
maybe I knew it, but I think I have forgotten that! Thanks to you.
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