Bite the wax tadpole

Ahh... the old trick of translating something from English to Chinese and back to English again. Does it ever get old?

I like to take headlines from newspapers and put them through Google Translate this way. It is especially amusing because headlines are practically their own dialect, and it is always a hoot poking fun at a computer program that has probably done more for the advancement of humanity than I ever will.

Tuesday
Aug052008

ESPN.com - August 5, 2008

Going in:

"Trying To Find Value In A Dugout Brawl"

Coming out:

"Trying To Find Value In A Canoe Quarrel"

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Sensless canoe quarrels: #1 cause of damp Tevas.