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It's very fashionable in China to have English writing on articles of clothing, and inevitably there will be some odd translations around with lots of people not knowing much English. I have two especially interesting/odd ones to report, although one will have to wait as it needs a photo to do it justice and have no means of uploading at the moment.
As I was getting off a bus today I saw a girl with a bag, upon which was the following slogan:
MINUTEMEN
MEATPUPPETS
DESCENDENTS
ANGST
Would anyone like to take a guess as to what they were trying to say? Because I have no clue.
Sir Thursday
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Unusual turn of phrase...
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 09:19 AM
Don't look now, but I think there's something weird attached to the bottom of my posts.
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 09:36 AM
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 10:10 AM
MEATPUPPETS sounds like some horrific slang used in a Stephen King novel. Urk.
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 01:52 PM
meatpuppets are a band, the were slightly popular when nirvana were big. the two bands were friendly, descendents and minutemen are bands, punk rockers from early 90s or 80s as well, dont know about angst, i'm assuming a band also
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Wikipedia confirms angst are an american punk rock band.
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Wikipedia confirms angst are an american punk rock band.
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Posted 25 August 2008 - 02:42 PM
All of the above bands were american punk rock bands that were on a label called SST Records. Their more famous label mates would be the likes of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Husker Du.
The Meat Puppets were probably best known for Nirvana choosing to do cover versions of 3 of their songs on the Unplugged in New York album (Plateau, Oh Me and Lake of Fire). The 2 Kirkwood brothers from the Meat Puppets played on stage with Nirvana for these 3 songs. They had been around long before Nirvana, but got a boost from the Unplugged exposure and actually had a chart hit with a song called Backwater after it which wasn't bad. Though this is much more grungey in sound, rather than their punk roots.
The Meat Puppets were probably best known for Nirvana choosing to do cover versions of 3 of their songs on the Unplugged in New York album (Plateau, Oh Me and Lake of Fire). The 2 Kirkwood brothers from the Meat Puppets played on stage with Nirvana for these 3 songs. They had been around long before Nirvana, but got a boost from the Unplugged exposure and actually had a chart hit with a song called Backwater after it which wasn't bad. Though this is much more grungey in sound, rather than their punk roots.
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 09:27 PM
Here it wasn't mistranslated at all, Sir Thursday just isn't up on his obscure american punk bands.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 06:15 AM
Anyone heard of the Electric Prunes, or the Strawberry Alarm Clock?
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 08:32 AM
ANGST is norwegian for not looking forward to somthing (im shure there is a english word for it i will put it up if i remember)
i want to see this world where T'lan imass kneels
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 08:36 AM
Dreading? Worrying?
Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 08:41 AM
dreading maybe... my brain seems to have taken its time of today...
i want to see this world where T'lan imass kneels
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 06:55 PM
Angst is the English word for: A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression.
Duh.
Duh.
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