[HPFGU-OTChatter] International Translations

[Jen Faulkner]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, John Walton wrote:

> ::cackle:: Yeah, that old chestnut. I just cracked up about the names for
> SPEW in different languages...
> B.ELFE.R. (German -- anyone know what belfer means?)
> (Bund für ELFEnRechte)

'belfern' is to 'make a barking noise, (of cannons) to make a booming
noise'.  (Association for Elf Rights)

> C.R.E.P.A. (Italian -- chuckle at the word which sounds like "crap"...)
> (Comitato per la Riabilitazione degli Elfi Poveri e Abbrutiti)          

*grins* crepare in Italian is to 'burst, crack' (or 'croak')... not bad
for SPEW.  ('Crepa' is a 'crack, crevice, rift'.)  The name translates
to 'Committee for the Rehabilitation of Poor, Brutalized Elfs'.

> S.H.I.T.
> (Stichting Huiself voor Inburgering en Tolerantie)       

*snickers*

What was SPEW in Spanish?

--jen :)

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