Eddie [any]@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat is Squidward called in your language?feddit.orgimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1imageWhat is Squidward called in your language?feddit.orgEddie [any]@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/28290932 He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.
minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-23 days agoHis name is “Octo Tentakel” in Dutch
minus-squarerunner_g@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agobut squids have 10 tentacles…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSquidward, despite his name and number of tentacles, is an octopus.
minus-squaresmeg@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDutch cops out a lot on adapting punny names. Part of it is that the puns don’t work, but part of it is that the Dutch are very literal with naming things. The Count on Sesame Street? Graaf Tel. Count (title) Count (action).
minus-squareLuc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWow. It apparently took me 32 years to notice The Count has more than one meaning o.o Thanks for making that point clear to a fellow Dutch speaker xD
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBoy do I have some news for you about some of the other characters…
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoPlankton…Ms Puff…Larry the Lobster…
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days ago I just wanted to point out that nearly every name in that show is a copout
His name is “Octo Tentakel” in Dutch
but squids have 10 tentacles…
Squidward, despite his name and number of tentacles, is an octopus.
2 tentacles 8 arms
That feels like a cop out 🙁
Dutch cops out a lot on adapting punny names. Part of it is that the puns don’t work, but part of it is that the Dutch are very literal with naming things.
The Count on Sesame Street? Graaf Tel. Count (title) Count (action).
Wow. It apparently took me 32 years to notice The Count has more than one meaning o.o Thanks for making that point clear to a fellow Dutch speaker xD
Boy do I have some news for you about some of the other characters…
I’m listening….
Plankton…Ms Puff…Larry the Lobster…
Wait who’s Larry
I just wanted to point out that nearly every name in that show is a copout