Post by: Nitrogen on September 19, 2007, 11:48:32 AM
Thanks!
Post by: Paddy on September 19, 2007, 11:56:49 AM
يهودي مسلح, مزود بالسِح, مدعوم بالقوة المسلح
http://online.ectaco.co.uk/main.jsp?do=e-services-dictionaries-word_translate1&direction=1&status=translate&lang1=23&lang2=ar&source=Jew
Post by: The Rabbi on September 19, 2007, 11:59:23 AM
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Bush Sucks. Obama in '08!
Post by: Len Budney on September 19, 2007, 11:59:40 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on September 19, 2007, 12:00:24 PM
يهودي مسلح, مزود بالسِح, مدعوم بالقوة المسلح
Google returns the translation of that as
"Jewish armed with a Balsh, backed armed force"
Post by: Paddy on September 19, 2007, 12:01:57 PM
All your base are belong to us.
Post by: Manedwolf on September 19, 2007, 12:08:49 PM
"Sir, Google says the terrorist's letter says that they "will destroy us with our own potatoes.""
"Move all response assets to Idaho!"
Post by: Paddy on September 19, 2007, 12:11:38 PM
Post by: Manedwolf on September 19, 2007, 12:13:08 PM
Post by: Nitrogen on September 19, 2007, 12:56:55 PM
Looking forward to a good translation of "חמוש יְהוּדִי" (Or "יהודי חמוש"?)
Post by: Len Budney on September 19, 2007, 01:03:28 PM
Looking forward to a good translation of "חמוש יְהוּדִי"
I'm pretty sure you want to say "יהודי חמוש. Your version means "Jewish munitions." Presumably and armed Jew would of course carry Jewish arms, though.
--Len.
Post by: Nitrogen on September 19, 2007, 01:08:15 PM
Post by: The Rabbi on September 19, 2007, 01:08:25 PM
It could also mean "one-fifth Jewish." I guess that's nice to know, but sort of irrelevant.
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 19, 2007, 01:21:02 PM
Post by: Paddy on September 19, 2007, 01:24:51 PM
Is it possible to be one-fifth Jewish?
If it is, I don't understand how. AFAIK, you're not Jewish unless your mother is Jewish; doesn't matter about your father. So either your mother is Jewish or she isn't. If she isn't, you're not either.
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 19, 2007, 02:03:48 PM
Post by: Len Budney on September 19, 2007, 02:20:49 PM
Is it possible to be one-fifth of any ethnic heritage?
No, you can only be a dyadic number--a number of the form n/m^2 where n<m^2. If you check, you'll convince yourself quickly that you can be any dyadic number, and only dyadic numbers.
On the other hand, dyadic numbers are dense in [0, 1], so you can get as close to 1/5 as you like, without actually equaling 1/5.
--Len.
EDIT: I fixed the definition above; the original version contained a typo.
Post by: Nitrogen on September 19, 2007, 02:33:18 PM
Post by: The Rabbi on September 19, 2007, 02:37:26 PM
Post by: Len Budney on September 19, 2007, 02:50:41 PM
Len, you just blew 1/5 of a hole in my head.
Sorry. I was offline looking for a good approximation of one-fifth. 25/128 is within .005; you can get that concentration in different ways, but the one with fewest Jewish ancestors is: 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/128. So you could get there with a Jewish great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and great-great-great-great-great-grandmother.
--Len.
Post by: Phyphor on September 19, 2007, 05:51:32 PM
I think THIS is how you say "Armed Jew" in Arabic:
المحارب المقدسة اسوأ كابوس
Post by: Manedwolf on September 19, 2007, 06:06:27 PM
Ok, back on topic...
I think THIS is how you say "Armed Jew" in Arabic:
المحارب المقدسة اسوأ كابوس
I think THIS is how you say "Armed Jew" in Arabic:
المحارب المقدسة اسوأ كابوس
Post by: Antibubba on September 19, 2007, 09:42:42 PM
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I think THIS is how you say "Armed Jew" in Arabic:
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Interesting...
I've bookmarked the Translate page--fun!
Post by: Nitrogen on September 20, 2007, 04:29:37 AM
Comes out to "Shooting Jew" So I think I might use that until someone tells me different.
So much for that, someone just told me grammatically it means, "shooting jews" like, to shoot them, so back to the drawing board
Post by: roo_ster on September 20, 2007, 06:23:40 AM
I'd be REALLY wary of using non-Roman characters as a calling card.
Post by: Len Budney on September 20, 2007, 06:31:47 AM
This is almost as funny as guys who get oriental characters tattooed on their bodies. I always wonder if the tattoo artist just used his Chinese take-out menu and all those guys are wandering around with, "Kung Pao Chicken" and "Twice-cooked Pork" written in their skin.
A coworker recently told me about an office where a woman got Chinese characters tattooed on her neck. An office mate, who didn't much like her, asked why she'd tattooed "pork" on herself. She claimed it meant "divine mystery" or some such. He responded by showing her a (photoshopped) menu, and sure enough, every pork dish had her tattoo in it...
Post by: mfree on September 20, 2007, 06:33:08 AM
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