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posted by progosk (12 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
I started off trying to do it properly but then I just enjoyed using the pig and poop emoji in the Trump examples too much to qualify probably.
posted by billiebee at 6:54 AM on December 14, 2016 [1 favorite]


Quine says "undetached poop parts" ... I think...
posted by Segundus at 7:15 AM on December 14, 2016 [1 favorite]


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posted by anshuman at 8:16 AM on December 14, 2016 [6 favorites]


channels inner Danny Trejo

Samizdata don't emoj.

(Seriously. If I need some additional commentary, I type it out.)
posted by Samizdata at 8:24 AM on December 14, 2016


And, yeah, that's MY lawn, NOT yours. So stop leaning over that plate of beans and get OFF IT!
posted by Samizdata at 8:25 AM on December 14, 2016


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Sorry, I'm not fluent in emoji. But I had to try.
posted by yeolcoatl at 9:43 AM on December 14, 2016


That last tube station is bugging me. I went with Sloane Square, but I feel like there's a better pun/rebus/thingie eluding me.

For the back translations, I went with...

i) β€œBrexit means brexit.” [Theresa May]
🚫πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί = 🚫πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί


ii) β€œIt is time that we snapped out of the collective whinge-o-rama.” [Boris Johnson]
πŸ•‘πŸ€πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­


iii) β€œIt’s going to be Brexit plus, plus, plus.” [Donald J. Trump]
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ’¨ βž•βž•βž•


iv) β€œMany people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!" [Donald J. Trump]
🐸 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§βž‘οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ βœ”οΈβœ”οΈβœ”οΈ


v) β€œMy fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” [John F. Kennedy]
πŸš«β“πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‘‰ β“πŸ‘‰πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ


vi) β€œTo be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles” [From Hamlet by William Shakespeare]
πŸ’ͺ or πŸ’€β“πŸ–•= πŸ‘Œ or πŸ—‘



I'm mildly interested by the fact that I felt the need to translate "Brexit" differently depending on whether the speaker was British or American.
posted by the latin mouse at 1:50 PM on December 14, 2016 [1 favorite]


That last tube station is bugging me.

Seven Sisters.
posted by progosk at 1:57 PM on December 14, 2016 [1 favorite]


Of course it is. 😀
posted by the latin mouse at 2:48 PM on December 14, 2016


Iirc, MF has a gavigai. This is your post!
posted by persona au gratin at 4:30 PM on December 14, 2016


Emoji are used very differently depending on a person's culture. The ad didn't seem to be aware of this that I noticed.
posted by rednikki at 7:45 PM on December 14, 2016


rednikki, really? That was one of the things they were specifically screening for with the form. There was an essay question on it.
posted by the latin mouse at 11:56 PM on December 14, 2016


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