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Rebelgecko
28 days ago
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Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection (2013)
There was a more colloquial translation a few years ago that rendered it as "Bro!"
chuho
28 days ago
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That's the 2021 translation by Maria Headley
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374110031/beowulfanewtran...
WorldMaker
27 days ago
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I feel like Lil Jon would remind us that "What?!" still works pretty well today.
onraglanroad
27 days ago
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I guess "What bro!" is less sexist than "What ho!"
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