Assange catgate hearing halted as Ecuador hunts around for someone who speaks Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's efforts to tip a bunch of rules allegedly imposed on him by his Ecuadorian hosts into the kitty litter tray have been suspended owing to interpreter difficulties. According to reports, the world's most annoying housemate reckoned that the court-appointed interpreter was not up to snuff. Alas …
"playse stawp yoah caht crahppin in ahh embahssy"
That just comes across as UK Black Country accent to me.
Original:
Buenos días señor Assange. Le agradeceríamos mucho si pudiera abstenerse de dejar a su gato defecar en nuestro piso.
English:
Good morning Mr Assange. We would very much appreciate it if you could refrain from letting your cat defecate on our floor.
Aussie Translation:
G'day mate, stop letting your cat shit on the floor.
There, FTFY.
Is he actually paying any rent?
He is bringing a lot of free publicity in for Ecuador. How many people knew their Embassy in London was in Kensington before Assange stopped by?
Wouldn't you think that the Ecuadoreans are a very hospitable people just because they have put up with all the grief that their guest has given them.
Illegal immigrants typically flee from rather worse issues that being called out for being an unwashed git who can't keep his appendix in his pants. Have you considered the Human Rights of the girls, or the asylum seekers who need asylum for /actual/ humanitarian reasons?
who can't keep his appendix in his pants. Have you considered the Human Rights of the girls,
I should think we should consider everyones rights in the face of someone who waves their internal organs about, erm, willy-nilly.
Usually, a surgeon is required to remove appendix from pants.
I think you meant appendage A/C.
In the same way that blocking unregulated immigration is a human rights violation despite the fact that any illegal immigrant can leave if they don't like how the receiving country runs the show.
Give me your address.. I'm coming to kip in your spare bedroom.
For true Strine you have to insert the c-word that rhymes with Jeremy Hunt somewhere in the sentence.
Noting that it only rhymes if you keep it in Strine, because in that language there is no "uhhh" syllable that rhymes with the UK or US word "truck".
Lucky we're taking the piss out of fellow Anglophone nations. If this debate involved just about any other language/nation, pathetic whiners would have escalated it to the status of a diplomatic incident.
In addition to the intended Australian, and the already mentioned Black Country, I can read that sentence in a Texan or a Scottish accent, so I'm wondering if the author hasn't stumbled on something of great importance here.
However, try as I might, I can't turn it into Geordie......
This is the most obvious thing to do at this time. I don't understand why the Ecuadorians haven't done this yet, or even why the British Government hasn't offered them a swanky new place for a month - rent free - since this will be cheaper than the police presence outside the current embassy.
I agree as a basic courtesy he should be nice to his hosts. However, I remain to be convinced they are sheltering him from anyone or thing apart from a UK prison sentence for skipping bail.
I wish people would stop with this James-Bond fantasy that he's somehow "marked". He's not, and (controversially ?) he never was. In fact, it's arguable that the only reason he is STILL holed up, is because he knows when he finally comes out, all the worshippers of St. Julian will see the feet of clay, as no one in the US gives a toss.
"Julian .. who ?"
