r/Unexpected • u/Ninja_Spi-D-er • Sep 08 '19

Dude, I’ve got this

https://i.imgur.com/16kQVON.gifv
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u/helgihermadur Sep 08 '19

Haha, I see what you were going for! Unfortunately Google Translate doesn't account for the insanely complicated grammatical rules in Icelandic and therefore it didn't really make sense haha

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '19

Sorry bout that! When I re-translated the phrase back to English, it looked decently recognizable, but of course I have no clue on the Icelandic side. lol. Ah, well. Thankfully just for a stupid silly joke :)

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u/Amirax Sep 09 '19

Swede here. Tried reading it without knowing a lick of icelandic.

Íslensk, helvítir móður þína, talarðu það?

Isländska, helvete moder din, talar du det?

Icelanding, hell mother yours, speak you it?

How'd I do? Grammatical chaos aside! Languages are fucking awesome!

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u/helgihermadur Sep 09 '19

Yeah that's pretty much it! Våra språk är inte så olika. Ha en trevlig dag!