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minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·5 months agoWhy are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?
minus-squareheftig@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 months agoIt’s a reference to Toto’s song “Africa”, and in the line “I bless the rains down in Africa” the “A” gets extended a lot.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoD&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoYou arrive in a new town where everyone thinks they’re in charge, and they each use a funny accent to assert themselves. The sign at the front gate reads “Welcome to Bosston”
minus-squarebreakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 months agoWhy would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays…
minus-squareBlack616Angel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 months ago bits I think its a byte difference.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·5 months agoMaybe half a byte, like a nibble
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoAnyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?
minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months agoI assumed because Africa doesn’t exist on Toril.
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoThey did it twice so it seems intentional. Beats me though.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoI didn’t even see the second one fully, as it was behind an icon. Thanks for spotting that one for me
minus-squareScroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoThis is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica” Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThat’d be pronounced like Ehfrika
Why are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?
It’s a reference to Toto’s song “Africa”, and in the line “I bless the rains down in Africa” the “A” gets extended a lot.
D&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?
You arrive in a new town where everyone thinks they’re in charge, and they each use a funny accent to assert themselves. The sign at the front gate reads “Welcome to Bosston”
Must be bot?
Why would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays…
I think its a byte difference.
Maybe half a byte, like a nibble
Not sure, just question.
Anyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?
I assumed because Africa doesn’t exist on Toril.
They did it twice so it seems intentional. Beats me though.
I didn’t even see the second one fully, as it was behind an icon. Thanks for spotting that one for me
This is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica”
Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in
Äfrica
That’d be pronounced like Ehfrika
Åfrica?
Ohfrika
Dammit, Āfrica?