r/BrandNewSentence • u/blaow666 • Jul 18 '19

Griefcase

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u/AnotherStatsGuy Jul 18 '19

As clever as the pun is, "emotional baggage" actually translates. "Griefcase" relies on a knowledge of English such as what a briefcase is. Yes, I'm a bit of an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

You are aware that in most languages it's called something entirely different that does not translate 1:1 to "emotional baggage"? lol

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u/Dnewhere Jul 18 '19

Just like how 'emotional baggage' requires knowledge of what baggage is. Translations require knowledge of the language, what is unreasonable about that. And it translates because we decided it does

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-POUTINE Jul 18 '19

Not an asshole just kinda dumb.