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Nov 8, 2009

Missing in translation




OBS!
Det är ingen idé att maila och fråga om XXXX kommer hit eller dit. Så fort vi vet så hamnar datumet här.
Please do not mail us asking about tour dates. All known dates are posted here!

This is an example of the difference in politeness between Swedish and English. Swedes aren't very polite, what it actually says is "OBSERVE! There's no point in emailing us asking if XXXX is coming here and there. As soon as we know the date will end up here." But hey, at least the English version was enhanced with an exclamation point.

2 comments:

Molly said...
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Daisy Jay said...

Hmmm, didn't we have a talk about that recently? Hahaha. Hey, i can't say anything. I think what they wrote was perfect. <3

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