Exactly -- that's what I mean. It shows the literal meaning that got twisted to mean what we now take it to mean.
1: Wow, sergent, that's a bit rude.
2: And literal translations of words is what makes playing with automatic translators so fun.
"My radio stopped snoring on my dresser on the moon."
Turned into
"My pet radio decided to stop wheezing in the toilet on Monday."
No lie. The translation, that is. Not the wheezing radio thing.
1: Wow, sergent, that's a bit rude.
2: And literal translations of words is what makes playing with automatic translators so fun.
"My radio stopped snoring on my dresser on the moon."
Turned into
"My pet radio decided to stop wheezing in the toilet on Monday."
No lie. The translation, that is. Not the wheezing radio thing.