So there I was at a churrasco, friends of mine, and I'm in there house excaping the heat and I look through the bookshelf and what do I see?
a Where's Waldo book! I rejoice, for my divine love of these books and what glorious childhood memories came back. Then I look at the cover and I see the title:
"Onde est� Wally?"
WALLY!?
WALLY?!
I mean it could've been "Onde est� Waldo?"
I then I argued with my friend and how he said waldo was such a dumb name and that it was all about Wally.
I'm outraged!!!
post your opinions!
heres proof!
-manny
A simply Outrage!!
:rofl:
...God, that's hilarious... Sorry, it's just I know a guy named Wally... He's gay.
Those bastards are destroying my heritage!
Lol, I love how things get mixed up when they get translated.(Like in Lost in Translation. Lol.)
Maybe the translator felt compelled to change all three words in the title.
Not every country in the world is the United States. In some countries, the American versions of names don't exist, or are uncommon. Why should Spanish-speaking people have to call him Waldo if they are more comfortable with Wally?
The point seems to me, AtmaWeapon, that 'Waldo' sounds more Spanish than 'Wally'.
Hehe, Waldo sounds way better.
'Onde est� Wally?' .....now i've seen everything..... :sweat:
I found him
Great that you bring that up. In Australia, its actually called Where's Wally. Dont ask me why, because i was aware that the American (amongst other countries) named him Waldo.
Its small, but the best i could dig up in 2 minutes.
http://www.dymocks.com.au/DYCoversClient/showcover.aspx?size=l&isbn=0744554292
AtmaWeapon wrote:Why should Spanish-speaking people have to call him Waldo if they are more comfortable with Wally?
actually atma hon, manny isn't american, he's brazilian. and apparently he doesn't like "wally" 😃
at first, i thought the verb 'waldar' in spanish might have something to do with it. Not only is there no 'waldar', there are no 'walder's or 'waldir's either. Maybe they 'Americanized' it for the exported versions :lol:
Wally... lol!!!
wally? what the hell? the name isn't supposed to change when said in a different language! why couldn't they stay with waldo?
Waldo > Wally.
Wally = lame.