Now, let me preface this with a confession: I can't really speak or understand Japanese, AND I'm hard of hearing. But even *I* could tell when they were getting it wrong. So that's REALLY bad.
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3: Nice to meet you, Ginia. 6: Oh, it's Gynia? No, it's Junior. This is the second most painful mistake in the bunch, but the humor lasts and lasts, as it was consistently wrong for the entire first half of the series.
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22 a: He means "Get ahold of the President" so I can kind of see how "Capture" works. Sort of.
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22 b: Ugh. The most painful of the bunch. He CLEARLY says Razorback. Several times. I don't know how you can get this one so wrong, unless neither English nor Japanese is your native language. In which case, congratulations on getting as close as you did.
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22 c: She starts to say "Chotto matte..." (Wait a second...) and is cut off after "Cho..." which sort of sounds like "Jo..." So, I can sort of see this one. Kind of.
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23: Apparently, someone has never seen the name Earhart in print before.
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25 a: She says Junior-kun, but I guess the Japanese word for recollection (juukai, iirc; it's not in my dictionary) is kind of close. Sort of.
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25 b: Capitalization is for losers. 25 d: So are spaces.
Now, actual Engrish from the show:
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This is actually the one that started me down this path. What the heck does "DUME IT!!" mean?? Seriously!
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If you look closely, here you can see where the original (ALDOATE) was replaced by the correct ALDGATE.
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Should this say Metropolitan? I'm just guessing...
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