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  1. 30th January 2010, 06:49 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by gamblor916 View Post
    King Grimlock thanks to Tober.

    I can't believe that such a great box was ruined by such bad Engrish.

    "ME, GRIMLOCK... HUMANS ARE PEST !!" <cringe>.

    (I still look forward to getting mine in three weeks.)
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  2. 30th January 2010, 07:04 PM #2
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    But that is the way he talks, it makes more sense than "I am Grimlock. Humans are a pest"

    It's not Engrish
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jetfire View Post
    But that is the way he talks, it makes more sense than "I am Grimlock. Humans are a pest"

    It's not Engrish
    It is totally Engrish. This is Budiansky Grimlock. There should be no comma anywhere between "me" and "Grimlock", they've put spaces before any sets of exclamation marks on the entire box and comics Grimlock has never said anything like "Humans are pest !!" Even at his least eloquent he eliminated verbs or pronouns or changed the case of subjective pronouns to objective ones, he didn't change plurals to singular. It's written by someone who can't properly write in English in the first place, let alone successfully imitate a dialect.

    EDIT: and come to think of it, I doubt he would be meaning "Humans are a pest" anyway, he'd mean "Humans are pests." Which in Budiansky Grimlockese circa Marvel US #30-50 would be something along the lines of "Me Grimlock. Humans pests."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
    It is totally Engrish. This is Budiansky Grimlock. There should be no comma anywhere between "me" and "Grimlock", they've put spaces before any sets of exclamation marks on the entire box and comics Grimlock has never said anything like "Humans are pest !!" He eliminated verbs or pronouns or changed the person of pronouns, he didn't change plurals to singular. It's written by someone who can't properly write in English in the first place, let alone successfully imitate a dialect.
    Ok well I didn't consider the punctuation but you've made a good (exclamation) point or two there. Can't say it would bother me though.. I guess the box would look better without the dialog box.

    EDIT: yeah your probably right, "Humans are pests" sounds like something Grimlock would say
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  5. 30th January 2010, 11:00 PM #5
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    Rotf voyager megatron for $15 from kmart cause the box was damaged
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