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minus-squarebigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down2·2 months agoIn Dutch we call the mayor a burgermeester, which can be literally translated into burger master.
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 months agoThere were couple of … um, puppet animators back in the 1970’s who did a bunch of holiday specials, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. The villain in one of their specials is named Burgermeister Meisterburger.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agothe fucking villains fandom wiki 😭
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago The villain in one of their specials is named Burgermeister Meisterburger. That’s the best thing I’ve heard all week. Thanks for that. This is gold.
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoYou mean the best animators ever?
minus-square∃∀λ@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDid we all live the same childhood?
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoYou don’t elect mayors, you elect burger kings
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s burgemeester, without the r, so you can’t literally translate it to master of the citizens. The burg here doesn’t refer to burger, but to burg, master of the bourough
minus-squareAjikeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago Literal translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun. ye… and in german it is “Bürgermeister”
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNo one will tell me what all this is about–but I will find out.
minus-squareCareHare@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoLiteral translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun.
minus-squaretoynbee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoApologies for the fandom link, but Craig Alanson might have been mocking you.
In Dutch we call the mayor a burgermeester, which can be literally translated into burger master.
There were couple of … um, puppet animators back in the 1970’s who did a bunch of holiday specials, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. The villain in one of their specials is named Burgermeister Meisterburger.
the fucking villains fandom wiki 😭
That’s the best thing I’ve heard all week. Thanks for that.
This is gold.
You mean the best animators ever?
Did we all live the same childhood?
You don’t elect mayors, you elect burger kings
It’s burgemeester, without the r, so you can’t literally translate it to master of the citizens. The burg here doesn’t refer to burger, but to burg, master of the bourough
German does that as well.
ye… and in german it is “Bürgermeister”
No one will tell me what all this is about–but I will find out.
Literal translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun.
Apologies for the fandom link, but Craig Alanson might have been mocking you.