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[tnh]

Yetanother meme: take a song, run it through Babelfish, from English to Italian to French to German, then back into English again. So

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[writingortyping]

There is a website that will automatically run a piece of text through various languages and back, showing you each step. It is called Lost in Translation.

[bohemiancoast]

A doddle! Though my experience with the clutch of London LJers is that only flickgc ever gets oyster references.

We did this meme a few weeks ago... see for example a set of five from me here.

[drplokta]

Actually, I recognised this one too, although I was helped by the subtle hint in the subtitle of www.nielsenhayden.com.

[wychwood]

I didn't think anyone from outside Europe had even *heard* of the Oysterband! (Well, to be fair, nor have most people *inside* Europe)...

That's a good song, though, by a great band.

[agrumer]

Oh, wait, don’t tell me, Ken MacLeod wrote this one....

[mac_stone]

To my utter humiliation, I'm only just now catching on to the whole internet meme pastime. I've somehow let this whole subcultural avenue of entertainment slip right by my consciousness.

And now I'm like the geeky kid on the playground who doesn't quite get how to play. (I have extensive knowledge of that particular experience, too.)

Color me chagrined. Sort of an ochre, I'd think.

[anonymous]

Did you skip the line "Let music be the people's sure foundation" or did it actually vanish in Babelfish?

Lenora Rose

[tnh]

Hunh. I think Babelfish must have eaten it. Didn't know it did that.