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minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhy are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoD&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYou arrive in a new town where everyone thinks they’re in charge, and they each use a funny accent to assert themselves. The sign at the front gate reads “Welcome to Bosston”
minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI assumed because Africa doesn’t exist on Toril.
minus-squareheftig@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s a reference to Toto’s song “Africa”, and in the line “I bless the rains down in Africa” the “A” gets extended a lot.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey did it twice so it seems intentional. Beats me though.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI didn’t even see the second one fully, as it was behind an icon. Thanks for spotting that one for me
minus-squareScroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThis is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica” Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’d be pronounced like Ehfrika
minus-squarebreakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhy would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays…
minus-squareBlack616Angel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago bits I think its a byte difference.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe half a byte, like a nibble
Why are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?
D&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?
You arrive in a new town where everyone thinks they’re in charge, and they each use a funny accent to assert themselves. The sign at the front gate reads “Welcome to Bosston”
I assumed because Africa doesn’t exist on Toril.
It’s a reference to Toto’s song “Africa”, and in the line “I bless the rains down in Africa” the “A” gets extended a lot.
Anyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?
They did it twice so it seems intentional. Beats me though.
I didn’t even see the second one fully, as it was behind an icon. Thanks for spotting that one for me
This is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica”
Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in
Äfrica
That’d be pronounced like Ehfrika
Åfrica?
Ohfrika
Dammit, Āfrica?
Must be bot?
Why would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays…
I think its a byte difference.
Maybe half a byte, like a nibble
Not sure, just question.