“I work on my school’s campus in the Spanish building. When I applied they said I didn’t need to know spanish, so when they asked me in the interview I told them I wasn’t majoring in it or currently taking it. I did make the mistake of say I took it all through High School. So now when I go into work EVERYTHING is in spanish, I have to use a spanish dictionary to decode what I’m suppose to do.”
“In Argentina, sayings that are in English are often more blunt and inappropriate because not everybody really understands the meaning of it.”
Spanish Paper Written in French
Be sure to check which language you are translating to when you’re using online translators.
This is a good instructional video for any foreigner moving to Miami.
Foreign Textbook teaches that Americans Love Basketball and Beer
Hey, just because I am easily bribed with beer doesn’t mean that all Americans are.
(Source: College Humor)
“There is no word for ‘book’ in Dothraki. The reason is culturally dependent. It’s mentioned specifically in [Game of Thrones] that the Dothraki have no written form for their language… If you coin a word and say, ‘This is the Dothraki word for book,’ it implies that the Dothraki have some sort of printing process and regular interaction with books. It implies they have some form of writing, that they have invented paper, that there’s scholarship, and that there’s publishing. It brings along all this cultural baggage… so you have to keep all of that in mind when coining words for a language.”
- David Peterson, creator of the Dothraki language from Game of Thrones and guest on this week’s Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show
This episode is certified spoiler free, and can be enjoyed even if you’re completely unfamiliar with the Game of Thrones franchise.
It is also one of my favorite Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Shows yet. David is my ideal guest - a really intelligent person who took their nerdy passion to unprecedented depths and is now harnessing it to create something amazing. Even if you never conciously registered that the Dothraki speak a working language, it’s that attention to detail that adds up to make Game of Thrones one of the most immersive shows on TV.
If you enjoy this episode, I would love it if you told your friends about it with a reblog, leaving a review on iTunes, or shouting in their ear as loud as you possibly can.
As always, The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show comes out Tuesdays and is available on YouTube, iTunes, and JeffRubinJeffRubinShow.com.
This is awesome, whether you’re a GoT fan or not.
Rental Car HATES the French
Those cheese-dropping-on-the-seat surrender monkeys.
(Source: College Humor)
Secret Girl Language (with Ashley Benson)
It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.
(Source: College Humor)
English Language Swear Words: The Definitive Guide
(Click through to see the rest of Dr. Arthur Fuckingham-Wallaces’ guide and the best GIF we’ve ever made)
(Source: College Humor)
Jamba Juice Translation
Makes sense.
