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Remote Island Adopts Dothraki Language

Posted by samzenpus on from the it-is-known dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The tiny island of Tristan da Cunha is officially the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world with few connections to the outside and access only by sea when the notoriously stormy south Atlantic co-operates which is not often. Entertainment options are limited and LARPing in Game of Thrones style has become massively popular, so much so that the islanders have declared Dothraki to be an official language, alongside English."

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  1. ROT13 by hack++slash · · Score: 4, Informative

    Enough with the fucking retarded ROT13 shite, turn it ff already.

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    1. Re:ROT13 by Hentes · · Score: 3, Informative

      You're not missing out on anything, believe me.

    2. Re:ROT13 by avandesande · · Score: 2

      Jokes don't get funnier by repeating them.... brevity(and subtlety) is the soul of wit.

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    3. Re:ROT13 by Mashiki · · Score: 3, Informative

      You're not missing out on anything, believe me.

      Actually I think it might be improving the quality content of the site.

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    4. Re:ROT13 by T-Kir · · Score: 2

      This actually makes me just wish they'd stick with OMG! Ponies!!! for the day.

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    5. Re:ROT13 by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

      I was pretty let down by Slashdot last year—I mean, no April Fools jokes at all? It couldn't get any worse.

      But this year I was impressed, because they proved it could.

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    6. Re:ROT13 by Jarik+C-Bol · · Score: 2

      this. Also, we need to cancel april fools day from now on on the internet.

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    7. Re:ROT13 by ArsonSmith · · Score: 2

      Fewer typo's and grammar errors at least.

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  2. Re:This article? by neminem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nah, I'm pretty sure it's just Welsh.

  3. Cthonic. by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"

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    1. Re:Cthonic. by gallondr00nk · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"

      O R'LYEH?

    2. Re:Cthonic. by RDW · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's an Easter egg at rot13.com - if you cypher that text it actually gives you the rot13 of "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming".

  4. Sigh! by Alejux · · Score: 2

    I can't wait for this day to be over!

  5. Re:In case you don't feel like decrypting by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 4, Funny

    As someone who lived on Staten Island most of his life, I can say for certain the native language there is not Dothraki, nor is that commonly spoken there as to know about it you'd have to be able to read. The usual dialect spoken there sounds a lot like "HAYHAYVINNIEMYMAN! Howyadoon,longtimenosee, youan fuckin Joey dont fuckin come out no more!", which is basically the formal way of saying "Hello, I'm about to punch you on the back."

  6. Fuck this. by TeknoHog · · Score: 2

    It's already April 2nd here in Linland.

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  7. Interesting place by xaxa · · Score: 2

    This island, and the "nearby" St Helena, are interesting places.

    One of my colleagues is from St Helena, population about 4000. She grew up on the island, and remoteness and cost of travel is so high that the first time she ever left it was age 18, to attend university in the UK. Both island groups are UK overseas territories, and receive British TV, news etc, but I'm not sure that's much preparation for actually living in a country where we call a settlement of 4000 people a "village".

    There remoteness also gives them unique flora and fauna

  8. Unmatched: OMG! Ponies! by ndogg · · Score: 2

    OMG! Ponies! is still the best April Fools Slashdot has ever done. I do wish they would at least repeat it.

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  9. I see no problem with this, as long as... by fyngyrz · · Score: 2

    ...we don't allow them to have ships.

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