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   DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:15:06 JST DarkMahesvara
   how does this happen :what: are troonslater now even too retarded to understand english wo-....my bad stupid question :gura_pain:
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     DrRyanSkelton (drryanskelton@mugicha.club)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:15:05 JST DrRyanSkelton

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     @DarkMahesvara Technically I think this translation is correct. Yelling uncle is the same as "I give" in a fight or more likely wrestling themed bullying situation. Give-u appears to be used as a loan word here for something like uncle so I think "I give" or "Uncle" would work
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     Gyaru Enjoyer (locagainstwall@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:20:13 JST Gyaru Enjoyer

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     @DrRyanSkelton @DarkMahesvara She's saying ギブ (give), which is just an abbreviation of ギブアップ (give up). So yes, "(I) give up" basically. Still, I get the confusion. I didn't know "uncle" was used that way either until I looked it up just now
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     DrRyanSkelton (drryanskelton@mugicha.club)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:23:25 JST DrRyanSkelton

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     @Cayhr @DarkMahesvara yeah it depends on how give-u is used. I am fine with giving a bit of localization to Japs using loan words as exotic foreign words rather than their actual meanings. "Irregular" vs. "maverick" in rockman x for instance, no way are you convincing me irregular is a normal Jap phrase in common use.
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     Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:23:27 JST Cayhr

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     @DrRyanSkelton I would have preferred "I give, I give, I give!" rather than "Uncle, uncle uncle!" The former is a translation, the latter is a localization. And that's not to be petty about translations vs localizations either, I think "I give!" is both more accurate and universally understandable.
     
     But yes, at least here in America, it is colloquially understood that shouting "Uncle, uncle!" is a voice of surrender.
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     DrRyanSkelton (drryanskelton@mugicha.club)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:25:59 JST DrRyanSkelton

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     • Gyaru Enjoyer
     @DarkMahesvara @locagainstwall just do a Bing search for "cry uncle". It is not an uncommon or outdated idiom.
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:26:00 JST DarkMahesvara

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     @locagainstwall
     >19th century idiom
     so just a troonslator trying to flex instead of simply "translating" give give give to "i give up" which is the correct equivalent
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     Gyaru Enjoyer (locagainstwall@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:26:01 JST Gyaru Enjoyer

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     @DarkMahesvara Wack
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:27:41 JST DarkMahesvara

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     @locagainstwall me neither. i learned english to use computer and insult niggerfaggots on the interwebs :miku_dab:
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     Gyaru Enjoyer (locagainstwall@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:27:42 JST Gyaru Enjoyer

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     @DarkMahesvara Yeah I guess. Still sounds retarded to me but then again, I am not a native English speaker
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     Zero :zt_think: :artix: (zero@strelizia.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:27:48 JST Zero :zt_think: :artix:

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     @DarkMahesvara it's technically correct, it's an americanoid expression though, but you shouldn't repeat the same word 3 times, that's just bad (plus saying "i give up" once would make it less ambiguous too)
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     Cayhr (cayhr@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:32:56 JST Cayhr

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     @DrRyanSkelton The word irregular is actually quite an interesting one, because I've seen it used quite a bit where applicable. The Irregular at Magic High School aka Mahouka, irregulars in various isekai titles, and more.
     
     Localization, when it was more honest and well-intended, did give us some great things. Like you mentioned, "Maverick" in English is a much more menacing term for something gone rogue or wrong, in this case, AI. I don't know how well "Irregular Hunter X" would have caught on in English speaking societies. The equivalent of Irregular in Japanese is likely well understood enough, or they just don't have (as many) other words/terms like English does to describe something that has gone defective.
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     luithe (luithe@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:36:21 JST luithe

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     @DarkMahesvara @DrRyanSkelton @locagainstwall no, it's still used in schools with boys doing shit like slapboxing or bloody knuckles etc.
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:36:22 JST DarkMahesvara

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     @DrRyanSkelton @locagainstwall seems very much "uncommon"
     
     https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=cry%20uncle,cry%20wolf&hl=en-US
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:44:28 JST DarkMahesvara

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     @poopernova @DrRyanSkelton @locagainstwall @luithe tbf i would take ancient idioms over the newest zoomer speak anyday
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     Shotgun enjoyer (poopernova@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:44:29 JST Shotgun enjoyer

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     @DarkMahesvara @luithe @DrRyanSkelton @locagainstwall Yeah, I've only really heard it in elementary school. It can definitely be considered uncommon slang
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     DarkMahesvara (darkmahesvara@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 04:44:30 JST DarkMahesvara

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     @luithe @DrRyanSkelton @locagainstwall that makes it sound even less common...