# Translation, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377 "2000-03-31T19:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/1 "2000-03-31T19:25:00Z")

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A sign behind a bar:  
Sajo der dego, a toussin bus sin  
arow! Nojo demis trux, summit cousin, summet dux!

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**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/2 "2000-03-31T19:41:00Z")

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Say Joe there they go, a dozen buses in a row.  
No Joe, them is trucks, some with cousin(?) some with ducks.  
Haha, ok maybe not, but thats how I read it.

pat

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**Author:** ![Chrome\_Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Chrome\_Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chrome_Toaster)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/3 "2000-03-31T19:46:00Z")

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Some with cows in, some with ducks?

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**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/4 "2000-03-31T20:06:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Chrome Toaster:  
> \*\*Some with cows in, some with ducks?  
> \*\*

I’m thinking “Some with cows _and_ some with ducks.”

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/5 "2000-03-31T21:35:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Sajo der dego, a toussin bus sin  
> arow! Nojo demis trux, summit cousin, summet dux!

Say, Joe, there they go, a **thousand** busses in a row!

No, Joe, them is trucks, some wit’ cows, ‘n’ some wit’ ducks.  
I love this place. Thank you, Chicago Reader. 🙂

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/6 "2000-03-31T22:17:00Z")

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Obile ergo fortibus es in ero.  
Nobile deus trux.  
Si vantes indem - Causen dux.

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“No,” he replied, and smiled seraphically, as was his wont.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/7 "2000-04-01T00:56:00Z")

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Sajo [der dego], to [toussin] bus without [arow]! Nojo [demis trux], [summit cousin], [summet dux]!

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-please/15377/8 "2000-04-01T00:58:00Z")

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Translated= drink the mescal.