Showing posts with label Tintin. Show all posts
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Jul 21, 2009

Explorers on the Moon

Cartoon drawn by Hergé himself, in celebration of the moon landing


In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the incredible prescience of Hergé in writing Explorers on the Moon a full decade and a half before Armstrong walked there.

The text in the speech balloon translates to, "Welcome to the moon, Mr. Armstrong!"

Beg pardon for breaching copyright laws.

Jun 30, 2005

How To: Translate Arumbaya

Chief Avakuki: Enefda Arumbayas ket chimdai lavis gutsfa gahtah’z. Nomess in’h!

Translating Arumbaya is a cross between solving a cryptic crossword and translating the rhyming cockney slang

O.K Lets begin...

STEP:1
Lets segment the sentences a little differently as in a cryptic
/En/ef/da/Arumbayas/ketch/im/dail/av/is/guts/fa/gahtah'z/No/messin'h

STEP: 2
Replacing by the closest sounding rhyming word, as in the cockney slang
and you get...

And after Arumbayas catch him they'll have his guts for garters, no messing!

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