Eddie [any]@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat is Squidward called in your language?feddit.orgimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1imageWhat is Squidward called in your language?feddit.orgEddie [any]@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/28290932 He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.
minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-21 day agoHis name is “Octo Tentakel” in Dutch
minus-squarerunner_g@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agobut squids have 10 tentacles…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoSquidward, despite his name and number of tentacles, is an octopus.
minus-squaresmeg@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours 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-up1·7 hours 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-up2·1 day agoBoy do I have some news for you about some of the other characters…
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoPlankton…Ms Puff…Larry the Lobster…
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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