Dancing Halfling! - Page 2

Tuco · 11-25-2002, 06:08 AM

Yatta!

http://www.mit.edu/people/patil/yatta.html

^^^^

We are the wad of dough!

Applejacks · 11-26-2002, 02:06 AM

Luckily for us, I speak fluent Japenese.

"Yatta!", in English, translates to "It was funny 6 months ago". I think the expression you are looking for is "Yatto!" which means "I am a gay gay homosexual." Depending on the verbage, it could also translate to "I fart in the tub". Remember the whole Japan Coke incident? Same thing.

Tuco · 11-26-2002, 07:07 AM

Well Zefah DID ask what this was:

http://www.ameritech.net/users/drood059/waru.jpg

aychamo_aycono · 11-26-2002, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Applejacks
Luckily for us, I speak fluent Japenese.

"Yatta!", in English, translates to "It was funny 6 months ago". I think the expression you are looking for is "Yatto!" which means "I am a gay gay homosexual." Depending on the verbage, it could also translate to "I fart in the tub". Remember the whole Japan Coke incident? Same thing.

Two questions.

1. Is this accurate?

2. What Japan coke incident?

findar · 11-26-2002, 08:04 AM

1) no
2) probly reffering to something about bukkake. i dont trust any chinaman after seeing that stuff

MadCow_01 · 11-26-2002, 09:38 AM

http://web.mit.edu/patil/www/media/video/yatta.asf

fun for the whole family

Applejacks · 11-26-2002, 03:55 PM

If you are going to post the video...at least post the better one.

http://web.mit.edu/patil/www/media/video/yatta%20(economy).swf

I feel ikky just speaking of them.

Devo · 11-26-2002, 11:34 PM

Hmm.. Japan Coke incident...

if i remember correctly... it was a Coca-Cola attempt at transferring their advertising campaign over to Japan... the ORIGINAL English version was something along the lines "Coke Adds Life"

which was translated to the Japanese language as "Coke Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Dead"

as you can see... this started a minor advertising fiasco...

Devo · 11-26-2002, 11:38 PM

eh, heard of the ancestor story as Coke and Pepsi... did a quick search and came up with these rumors as well... who knows whether they're truth or more Net urban legends...

The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."

Applejacks · 11-27-2002, 11:04 AM

Extra credit to Devo. I was referring to bite the wax tadpole

Frelance · 11-27-2002, 11:16 PM

In the same vein, there was the Chevy marketting of the Nova in Mexico... -0- sold, and it took them a while to realize "no va" in Spanish = "doesn't go." They changed the name to something random and innocuous, and sales took off

Originalclone · 12-04-2002, 01:22 PM

And don't forget the marketing of the Pinto in Latin America, which means "tiny cock".

11-26-2002, 02:06 AM	#17 (permalink)
Applejacks Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cereal Box Posts: 79 -1 Internets	uh huh Luckily for us, I speak fluent Japenese. "Yatta!", in English, translates to "It was funny 6 months ago". I think the expression you are looking for is "Yatto!" which means "I am a gay gay homosexual." Depending on the verbage, it could also translate to "I fart in the tub". Remember the whole Japan Coke incident? Same thing.

11-26-2002, 08:04 AM	#20 (permalink)
findar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,415 +0 Internets	1) no 2) probly reffering to something about bukkake. i dont trust any chinaman after seeing that stuff __________________ -its clobbering time

11-26-2002, 09:38 AM	#21 (permalink)
MadCow_01 Deuce It Up Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 154 -1 Internets	http://web.mit.edu/patil/www/media/video/yatta.asf fun for the whole family __________________ Moo, Motherfucker

11-27-2002, 11:04 AM	#25 (permalink)
Applejacks Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cereal Box Posts: 79 -1 Internets	A+ Extra credit to Devo. I was referring to bite the wax tadpole

11-27-2002, 11:16 PM	#26 (permalink)
Frelance Smartguy Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 156 -1 Internets	In the same vein, there was the Chevy marketting of the Nova in Mexico... -0- sold, and it took them a while to realize "no va" in Spanish = "doesn't go." They changed the name to something random and innocuous, and sales took off __________________ Frelance Brohg

11-25-2002, 06:08 AM	#16 (permalink)
Tuco Santa Join Date: May 2002 Location: Detroit Posts: 8,834 +24 Internets	Yatta! http://www.mit.edu/people/patil/yatta.html ^^^^ We are the wad of dough!

11-26-2002, 07:07 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tuco Santa Join Date: May 2002 Location: Detroit Posts: 8,834 +24 Internets	Well Zefah DID ask what this was: http://www.ameritech.net/users/drood059/waru.jpg

11-26-2002, 03:55 PM	#22 (permalink)
Applejacks Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cereal Box Posts: 79 -1 Internets	If you are going to post the video...at least post the better one. http://web.mit.edu/patil/www/media/video/yatta%20(economy).swf I feel ikky just speaking of them.

11-26-2002, 11:34 PM	#23 (permalink)
Devo I'm a fucking moron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 168 -1 Internets	Hmm.. Japan Coke incident... if i remember correctly... it was a Coca-Cola attempt at transferring their advertising campaign over to Japan... the ORIGINAL English version was something along the lines "Coke Adds Life" which was translated to the Japanese language as "Coke Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Dead" as you can see... this started a minor advertising fiasco...

11-26-2002, 11:38 PM	#24 (permalink)
Devo I'm a fucking moron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 168 -1 Internets	eh, heard of the ancestor story as Coke and Pepsi... did a quick search and came up with these rumors as well... who knows whether they're truth or more Net urban legends... The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth." In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."

12-04-2002, 01:22 PM	#27 (permalink)
Originalclone <3 Billy Corgan Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 152 -1 Internets	And don't forget the marketing of the Pinto in Latin America, which means "tiny cock".

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