merari42@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe’re planning a distant sequel where they all race go-karts togetherlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11
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minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYep, it’s a poor translation of essentially “stubborn ape” I want to live in the timeline where we got Ass Kong though.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s not even a poor translation… King Kong already existed, so they made him a “Kong” and he’s stubborn so he’s a donkey. 100% logical just more British English than American English. I want to live in the timeline where we got Ass Kong though Be the change you want to see in the world
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m reading that Shigeru Miyamoto purposefully named it “Donkey Kong” in English to imply “stubborn ape” and that it was not a mistranslation
Yep, it’s a poor translation of essentially “stubborn ape”
I want to live in the timeline where we got Ass Kong though.
It’s not even a poor translation…
King Kong already existed, so they made him a “Kong” and he’s stubborn so he’s a donkey. 100% logical just more British English than American English.
Be the change you want to see in the world
I’m reading that Shigeru Miyamoto purposefully named it “Donkey Kong” in English to imply “stubborn ape” and that it was not a mistranslation