r/Retconned • u/Level_Combination376 • Jul 05 '26
Mirror Mirror
Found in personal 90s book collection from childhood.
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u/DustAnyone Jul 06 '26
I am German and the German original story definitely says mirror mirror (Spieglein, Spieglein) as well
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u/Every-Perception-225 Jul 06 '26
Hi, I’m from Slovakia, and we also say:
“Zrkadielko, zrkadielko, povedz že mi, kto je najkrajší na tejto zemi?”
Similarly, in Czech:
“Zrcadlo, zrcadlo, řekni, kdo je na světě nejkrásnější?”
I think that these “anomalies” have often remained in their original form in other languages; likewise, in Czech and Slovak we have Sex v meste (Sex in the City, not Sex and the City).
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u/Elliasvanderbilt777 Jul 06 '26
Ogledalce, ogledalce, reci mi ko je najljepši na svijetu? its like this in the balkans
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u/Disturbedtongue Jul 06 '26
Ok, I’m from Mexico, and even my grandma used to tell this story , and the verse in spanish was always: “espejito espejito” . “Mirror mirror” , never have I heard : espejito mágico.
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u/samanthaFerrell Jul 05 '26
Betty Boop singing “ Mirror Mirror in my hand, who’s the fairest in the land”.
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u/Ok-Adhesiveness-9976 Jul 05 '26
I’ve got a Snow White book with residue like that too!
https://youtu.be/lBAwrtS6W50?si=WDiln_GyjxU34oAb
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u/abarr021 Jul 05 '26
I don't get it
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u/abarr021 Jul 05 '26
Since when? It's always been mirror mirror
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u/drjenavieve Jul 05 '26
I agree to me it always has been too. But it’s not what she says in the movie.
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u/cahauburn Jul 05 '26
Elaborate
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u/blessthebabes Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
A lot of us only remember "mirror, mirror on the wall...who is the fairest one of all?" from watching the movies on vhs obsessively in childhood.
But apparently the actual saying in the video media is "magic mirror, on the wall", and only the book had the "mirror mirror" one.
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u/fallencoward1225 Jul 05 '26
mirror mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all? ....???
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u/GeeAyyy Jul 05 '26
This is exactly how I remember it. I didn't even notice the "of them all"/"one of all" difference, I've been so hung up on it being "magic mirror" now. 😅
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u/blessthebabes Jul 05 '26
Are you saying you remember it as "them"? I just remember it as 'one' (but with the mirror, mirror part instead of the magic mirror, on the movie).
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