{"id":4253,"date":"2009-08-02T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T12:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2009-08-02T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T12:55:00","slug":"mr-richard-roll-esq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=4253","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Richard Roll, Esq."},"content":{"rendered":"

So I decided to run the lyrics<\/a> through Babelfish to another language and back to English again. I originally wanted to run it through French, but it became too badly mangled to be interesting. <\/p>\n

(Note: For the original input I removed all of the contractions and slang. “Gonna” became “going to” and so on. Babelfish apparently has trouble with English contractions.)<\/p>\n

Japanese<\/span><\/p>\n

We are not others whom it should love.
\nTo know rule, therefore do I.
\nComplete responsibility is concerning those which I think.
\nThis is not obtained from the other every person.
\nI I how feel exactly, think that we would like to call.
\nI do not become make understand. <\/p>\n

CHORUS:
\nAbandoning never it goes.
\nBeing disappointed never it goes.
\nRunning around, throwing away never it goes.
\nMaking the scream never it goes.
\nSaying good bye never it goes.
\nIt is lie, damaging never it goes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Italian<\/span><\/p>\n

We are not disowned to love.
\nYou know the rules and so as to make the I.
\nA complete engagement is to what I am thinking.
\nYou would not obtain this from any other type.
\nI want hardly dirgli as I am thinking.
\nI must urge it to understand. <\/p>\n

CHORUS:
\nNever not going to give it in on.
\nNever not going to leave it down.
\nNever not going to work around and abandoning it.
\nNever not going rendergli outcry.
\nNever not going to say good bye.
\nNever not going to say a lie and to damage it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And yes, I am playing around with the Rick Roll meme now that everyone has gotten sick of it and moved on. I think being out of style is a defining attribute of nerdishness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I decided to run the lyrics through Babelfish to another language and back to English again. I originally wanted to run it through French, but it became too badly mangled to be interesting. (Note: For the original input I removed all of the contractions and slang. “Gonna” became “going to” and so on. Babelfish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nerd-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}