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Farfetch’d Language

April 30, 2022 Joshua TongLeave a comment

There is a Pokémon named Farfetch’d. It’s not one of the really cool ones either, Farfetch’d is literally a duck holding a leek. Behold, the legendary creativity of Generation I. Bulbapedia tells me that the name is a play on the Japanese idiom it’s based on, about a duck with a spring onion being a… Continue reading Farfetch’d Language →

Tagged bloggish, culture, language, Pokemon

Language and Story

October 8, 2016October 8, 2016 Joshua TongLeave a comment

Language is weird. Conveying language is even harder. How do you make a story where the main characters are all speaking a different language, but gear it to an English-speaking audience? Do you give them vague accents or pull a Sean Connery and let Russian-in-English sound suspiciously like a Scottish brogue? Then what if the… Continue reading Language and Story →

Tagged language, Theater, Vietgone
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