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minus-squarebigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoIn Dutch we call the mayor a burgermeester, which can be literally translated into burger master.
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days 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-up0·9 days agothe fucking villains fandom wiki 😭
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoYou mean the best animators ever?
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days 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-square∃∀λ@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoDid we all live the same childhood?
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoNo one will tell me what all this is about–but I will find out.
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days 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-squareCareHare@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoLiteral translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun.
minus-squareajikeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days 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-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoYou don’t elect mayors, you elect burger kings
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 😭
You mean the best animators ever?
That’s the best thing I’ve heard all week. Thanks for that.
This is gold.
Did we all live the same childhood?
German does that as well.
No one will tell me what all this is about–but I will find out.
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
Literal translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun.
ye… and in german it is “Bürgermeister”
You don’t elect mayors, you elect burger kings