Is it safe inside your head?

[sovay]

I discovered this afternoon that the name of the Japanese folk hero Momotarō does not really mean "Peach Boy." Rather, Tarō is a popular boy's name—which made me think that, if rendered idiomatically into English, Momotarō should be Peach Jack. Then I realized that while "Peach Boy" may not be a strict translation, "Peach Jack" sounds like a species of moonshine. This is why I am not a professional translator from the Japanese.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' By the Way (2002) is not the album for me to listen to when I'm in a bad mood.

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[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

*experimentally hums Ballad von Jackie Pescher*

[sovay]

*experimentally hums Ballad von Jackie Pescher*

You are so made of awesome.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I've almost got it, too.

Dum sum something, down by the river
something something something beach
a little samurai from a peach....

[sovay]

Dum sum something, down by the river
something something something beach
a little samurai from a peach....

What's "samurai" auf Deutsch?

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Lord. I think it's one of those words like das Autopsie, das Internet, das Medicaid where you slap a neutral article on a Germanized spelling and then politely look the other way, because you've totally wrought a horrible thing, but there's no good way around it. Samurei?

[sovay]

Samurei?

LEO tells me that "samurai" in German is, in fact, der Samurai. That's kind of scary enough.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

*marvels appropriately* I wouldn't think they'd have too much occasion to bother with such a thing...