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Bob l'éponge (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Titou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sponge = éponge in french

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I know, but as far as I know, some shows just don't have their name translated. For example, "Rocket Power" in French is still "Rocket Power". So is "Adventure Time". "Kick Buttowski". I could go on.

And then there's weird stuff like "les Razmokat" for "the Rugrats", and "les Super Nanas" for "the Powerpuff Girls". I never understood these.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Razmoket = rase-moquette, means pretty much the same thing as "rug rat" (rase-moquette is not a real french expression, but it evokes "rase-motte" which means hedgehopping)..

And "nana" is slang for "girl".

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Makes sense

[–] Dyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Old french : esponge -> éponge (french) | sponge (english)

[–] Titou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

As you said it's old french, we just make it shorter and easier to pronounce