Babelfish lyrics quiz
Apr. 21st, 2005 08:17 amI'm off to Whitby in just under three hours and I'm up a bit earlier than I would have been so I could make Simon's breakfast before he had to go to work today. So I've had time to do this rather nifty little lyrics quiz. From
andypop:
1. Pick five songs that most people would know.
2. Select lyrics of up to but not surpassing 150 words from each one.
3. Go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
4. Enter the lyrics thus:
English to German
German to French
French to Portuguese
Portuguese to English
5. Post the resultant gobbledegook and ask people to figure out what the songs are.
( lyrics )
All very well known songs (if you're vaguely goth/alternative), I removed the song title if it was in the lyrics and survived the translation as that would have been far too easy (all chopped from the end, so there are no gaps in the lyrics). Comments are screened, answers when I get back from Whitby.
kixie - 2 is wrong, 5 is right
nils - both right
d_floorlandmine - both right
ladycat - 1 is right, 4 is wrong. (I loathe that band!)
thepaintedone - Right band, wrong song. I'm sure you'll have heard all of these, and you should be able to get 5. Right song on second attempt.
goth_twiglet - Correct, and thanks!
original_aj - both right
twicezero - 1. right band wrong song (now correct) and 5 is correct.
devilgate - both right, first person to get number 2!
awatson - All four correct. Yes, the title is repeated lots in the one you missed. It would have been stupidly easy if I'd left it in, but it actually only appears in this segment at the end.
ivory_goddess - both right.
incy - 1. right band, wrong song. 5 is wrong.
gingiber - correct.
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1. Pick five songs that most people would know.
2. Select lyrics of up to but not surpassing 150 words from each one.
3. Go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
4. Enter the lyrics thus:
English to German
German to French
French to Portuguese
Portuguese to English
5. Post the resultant gobbledegook and ask people to figure out what the songs are.
( lyrics )
All very well known songs (if you're vaguely goth/alternative), I removed the song title if it was in the lyrics and survived the translation as that would have been far too easy (all chopped from the end, so there are no gaps in the lyrics). Comments are screened, answers when I get back from Whitby.
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