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newbie1011
62 / female
The Shore, New Jersey, US
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Some songs just don't translate well at all.
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| March 29, 2012, 06:13 |
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sybianwatcher1
49 / male
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
Yes another rather morbid and disturbing one is"Ring Around The Rosie" a childrens song that derives from plague infested england.Lavender or posies were layed on top of the bodies to cover the smell of decay,as the poor people intering the bodies couldn't keep up ."pocket full of posies " The line "we all fall down" means that there was little hope for anyone in England at the time.Ironically the people that usually did'nt contract the Black Plague were the grave diggers or the workers assigned to collect the bodies.The reason for it they think is that they used carts drawn by horses,and the diseased fleas ,repelled by the horses scent wouldnt infect them or anyone around them, or the stables that there handlers lived in.
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| March 29, 2012, 06:29 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
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| March 29, 2012, 08:03 |
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Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
Aww cool! We have an American version of that tounge twister!
I'm a pheasant plucker
I pluck mother pheasants
I'm a very pleasant
mother pheasant plucker
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| March 29, 2012, 11:17 |
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kamarel
60 / male
Alexandria, Louisiana, US
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Re: Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
QUOTE (Chazzy @ March 29, 2012, 11:17)Aww cool! We have an American version of that tounge twister!
I'm a pheasant plucker
I pluck mother pheasants
I'm a very pleasant
mother pheasant plucker
Yeah, well translate this
Do wah diddy, diddy dum diddy doo
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| March 29, 2012, 22:42 |
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GG317
60 / male
Bowl of Granola, Massachusetts, US
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Re: Re: Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
QUOTE (kamarel @ March 29, 2012, 22:42) QUOTE (Chazzy @ March 29, 2012, 11:17)Aww cool! We have an American version of that tounge twister!
I'm a pheasant plucker
I pluck mother pheasants
I'm a very pleasant
mother pheasant plucker
Yeah, well translate this
Do wah diddy, diddy dum diddy doo
What Former President Gerald Ford was screaming as he fell out of and airplane on the tarmac... 
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| March 30, 2012, 05:28 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
QUOTE (GentleGiant388 @ March 30, 2012, 05:28) QUOTE (kamarel @ March 29, 2012, 22:42)
Yeah, well translate this
Do wah diddy, diddy dum diddy doo
What Former President Gerald Ford was screaming as he fell out of and airplane on the tarmac...
Nah - he was just walking down the street singing...
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| March 30, 2012, 06:31 |
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Re: Some songs just don't translate well at all.
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| March 30, 2012, 19:58 |
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