Explaining Gritty to the French (in Lang Belta)
January 31, 2021 10:16 PM   Subscribe

Explaining Gritty to the French (in Lang Belta)
During the existential crisis that was 2020 @NicoleConlan made a video explaining Gritty, the mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers, to an uncomprehending French populace who were seeing him in the American news in his role as anti-fascist icon. Herein is Nicole’s explanation translated into Lang Belta. Lang Belta is a creole conlang created by Nick Farmer for the TV Show “The Expanse”, based on the novels by James S.A. Corey.
Role: translator
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey (1 comment total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

Damn were both those videos good. I was just going to come in and make a jokey comment about George Soros paying me to vote for this before I even saw it yet liking it anyways, but that seriously exceeded all expectations.

“He who looked into the Abyss” / ša naqba īmuru seems to be the consensus first line of the Babylonian / Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest works of written literature we have. So, devastatingly awesome allusion on @NicoleConlan's part.
posted by XMLicious at 4:55 AM on February 1, 2021 [1 favorite]


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