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From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Translation anecdote
Message-ID: <404@cyb-eng.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 21:11:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.404
Posted: Thu Jun  7 21:11:19 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 00:39:57 EDT
Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, Texas
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My girlfriend speaks German.  She went to see a German-language movie which
had English subtitles.  In the movie, one of the characters prepared an
elaborate fish dinner, and as he was serving this fish, passed out one
scale to each of his guests, saying (in German) 'Scales are good luck'.
The subtitle came out 'Dandruff is good luck'.

Cheers,
Topher Eliot
Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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