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R2-D2 Translator

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Made me laugh, try: Floccinaucinihilipilification

http://www.r2d2translator.com/

EDIT: Unfortunately for our German members (according to Wikipedia): Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft isn't allowed because there's a 30 character max on the translator
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Love it :D
Did you try 'daddyhoggy'? Sounds suitably like a bird-call. :)
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Smivs wrote:
Love it :D
Did you try 'daddyhoggy'? Sounds suitably like a bird-call. :)
You're right, very good, hadn't tried it...
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Funny. :)

Too bad "t" and "s" sound identical, and so do "y" & "z"...
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Zieman wrote:
Funny. :)

Too bad "t" and "s" sound identical, and so do "y" & "z"...

Only identical to human ears - C3P0 had no problems dealing with the tiny subtleties in the sound differential... :)
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
EDIT: Unfortunately for our German members (according to Wikipedia): Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft isn't allowed because there's a 30 character max on the translator
Oh. That means that >99% of the words don't work then... :wink:
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I find it strange that the language seems to be letter-based, and that most letters are represented by a lot of signs, and take rather long to pronounce. A short human word becomes a rather long series of tics and whistles. Given that R2-D2ish is a computer, its language is rather inefficient :? .
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