Chris Linfoot | in principio erat Verbum

Friday, 28. November 2008

in principio erat Verbum

Some of you may recognise that subject as the opening phrase of John's gospel from the latin vulgate translation of the Bible, which dates from the early fifth century A.D.

Translating the Bible is not a new idea but nor is it one whose time has passed - new translations continue to appear regularly.

Nonetheless I found myself more than a little puzzled by this - the Bible translated into lolcat.

Here's that opening phrase from John's gospel in lolcat:

In teh beginz is teh mew

Or try Ecclesiastes 3 - To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven...

theer has is a sison for everthing, and a tiems for every purpos under teh ceiling.

The lolcat Bible is a briefly amusing diversion, to be sure, but I am honestly struggling to see the real value.

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Comments :

1. rogerc28/11/2008 12:24:00

You do wonder about people. More than you'd imagine should get out a bit more.

Here's the Polari (Kenneth Williams) version -

1 In the beginning was the lav, and the lav was with Gloria, and the lav was Gloria.
2 The same was in the beginning with Gloria.
3 All fakements were made by her; and nanti her was not any fakement made that was made.
4 In her was life; and the life was the sparkle of homies.
5 And the sparkle shineth in munge; and the munge comprehended it not.
6 There was a homie laued from Gloria, whose name was Jane.
7 The same trolled for a varda-ing fakement, to bear varda-ing fakement of the sparkle, that all homies through her might believe.
8 she was not that sparkle, but was laued to bear varda-ing fakement of that sparkle.

It's not quite King James is it?

Anyway, don't shoot me - I'm only the Pianist!

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