I thought it was renamed to ESOL, or English for Speakers of Other Languages, in 2000 or so. I guess that wasn’t a totally universal change.
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This analysis of these names was very informative:
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/t1xx6g/why_bobson_and_why_dugnutt_a_deep_dive_into_why/
Superman almost never changed in a phone booth. He did it in two episodes of the old cartoon and the NES and Atari games, that’s it.
Not according to an interview by the creator of Pikachu, Atsuko Nishida:
“Since it was an Electric-type Pokémon, I thought ‘pika‘ [the expression of light flashing in Japanese].
Frankfurt takes their Frankfurters seriously.
Link for the lazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump
RIP Julian LeFay, 59 is too young.
Cintari@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Trump, in blue, sleeping at Pope Francis' funeral29·1 year agoChange the channel, Melania!
Just ask this scientician!
Cintari@lemmy.worldto Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world•I bought a phone with a heat camera and now I know exactly how hot my pizza is15·1 year agoNow, this technology is new to me, but I believe that’s Homer Simpson in the oven, rotating slowly. His body temperature has risen to 400 degrees. He’s literally stewing in his own juices!
Cintari@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’English17·1 year agoMcBain to base. Under attack by Commie-Nazis.
Cintari@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Florida lawmaker abruptly switches to GOP shortly after winning election as Democrat1·1 year agodeleted by creator
Cintari@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•At least he was a nurse on the walking dead lol65·1 year agoThis image is fake.
- Price of Glory - Angel
- Ghetto Rhapsody - (no name listed)
- The Animal - Gang Leader (no Hector)
- The Barrio Murders - Johnny
- The Fast and the Furious - Hector
- Training Day - Moreno
- Masked and Anonymous - Inmate #1
- Malibu’s Most Wanted - Snuffy
- Old School - Student #1
- Double Blade (Shuang Dao) - Joker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gugliemi#Film
He has played “Hector” in a number of different films and TV roles, so I don’t know why this was faked.
Cintari@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•"But I prefer The Creature if it's all the same to you."15·1 year agoPersonally I think it’s ok to call the monster (or that style of monster) ‘a Frankenstein’ on the basis that it was created by Dr. Frankenstein the same way you’d call a painting by Picasso ‘a Picasso’.
Cintari@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump's 'body odor' leaves people 'gagging' as Republican says 'you need a mask'6·2 years agoIt was Looney Loomer that said it. It was apparently enough for MTG to call out as being extremely racist.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mtg-suddenly-shocked-trump-meets-192142972.html
Reminds me of the second Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. They specifically engineered an animal capable of speech that could tell you directly that it wanted to be eaten.