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Offline Wesley Myers

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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2013, 22:17:56 »
These would be good questions for the PCC to get answers right from Geobra.
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2013, 22:45:21 »
Quote from: bhellman75 on June 01, 2013, 17:47:26
That's very cool.  I had an Iranian friend look at it.  Iranians speak an entirely different language, but use the Arabic alphabet and have Arabic words in their vocabulary.  She couldn't make it out, but at least didn't say it looked like gibberish.  I almost took it to Costco with me last night because I always see Arabic speakers there.  That would be a good story. 

At least one of these pieces was discussed on this site, the final word being that it was gibberish. That makes me wonder about the older ones.  I still wonder though.

http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=1987.0
oh! I never saw that, it was before my time  ;D
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2013, 01:15:06 »
The Arabic scroll seems to be a recipe for an ointment!

Translation from a professed Arabic tutor in the Boston area (who pointed out that the picture has a glare in places and is fuzzy!):

Feh King Pam balm for joint aches, nerves aches, insect bites, wounds, inflammations.

Direction of use:

use balm twice or three times daily, ???

and comes from coughing and influenza (this doesn't really make any sense)

??? teeth, ?????

for external use only

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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2013, 07:21:42 »
Quote from: bhellman75 on June 07, 2013, 01:15:06
The Arabic scroll seems to be a recipe for an ointment!

Seriously?!  :o

That is.... PRICECESS!  :lmao:
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2013, 07:35:31 »
Seems our clickies know more languages than us.

Geobra has taught them well.  :lol:

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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2013, 10:20:54 »
I have Playmobil boxes with Arabic instructions on the back so they must have a market in Arab countries.  It's funny to think that there is a toy with almost an inside joke for Arabic-speakers.   :)
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2013, 13:05:52 »
When you think of it, its quite an interesting concept.. give ten clickies to a spanish kid and they will speak spanish, pass those same clickies on to a japanese kid and they will speak Japanese fluently.

Then again, clickies are capable of whatever you want them to be capable of.  ;)
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2013, 13:09:05 »
A recipe for an ointment? That is soooo funny! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2013, 15:50:41 »
well, since this piece comes in one of the Magic theme sets I'm not surprised to know this is a recipe for an ointment (mabe it's meant to be a "magic" ointment from the ancient middle east ;))

thank you for helping out with the translation - my Iraqi friend didn't get back to me
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Re: Foreign language scripts on Playmo pieces
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2013, 17:48:00 »
I love this topic & can't wait to see all the deciphering. 
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