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Unread 02-14-2011, 10:46 AM
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Anyone on the translation board wanna take a crack at this?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkYS8DXcMew

I can't stop watching this.

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The Dao that can be spoken is not the unchanging Dao.
The Name which can be named is not the unchanging Name.
Back to you Paul.
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The promt was in Assyrian and means:
I spent a fortune on my hair for tonight and it doesn't even look so good.
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"The English language is a global tyranny, and I'm striking a blow for freedom."

I think she's speaking an especially down-trodden dialect of Martian.
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If you play it backwards it says, "Serene is dead."
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I think she may be paraphrasing Bob Dylan's acceptance speech from a few years back.
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What? Everyone in California talks like that!

Makes me kinda sad I missed whatever party she'd been to!

Thanks,

Bill
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Once again, I am too late:

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS.

Anyone know if there is some other link?

David R.
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You were lucky to escape, David.

This was clearly the Ancient Elvish Language of Eragon. All who have listened to these magical words are now bound to serve and follow Serene for all Eternity.
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Who's Serene?
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