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Monsters--in other languages

Post by Pumpkin56 » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:10 am

I think it would be fun, if we have any members who are multilingual, if they wouldn't mind listing what some of the more popular monsters are in their native tongue. Any takers?

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Post by Murfreesboro » Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:31 am

I'm a native English speaker, but I know that loup-garou means "werewolf" in French.

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Post by MacPhantom » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:28 pm

Chupacabra is Spanish for "coyote with mange".

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Post by Midnite Shadow » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:32 pm

Good to have you back Mac...did you slip on a kilt somewhere? Or was it all the Guiness you've been drinking lad?
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Post by MacPhantom » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:03 pm

It were pirates, Fella. But I made the best of it, drank lots of piña coladas, and lived to post another day.

How go things in the cave?

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Post by Midnite Shadow » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:06 pm

Same ol' same ol...but Halloween is close so they are about to get more interesting...
They say that life's a carousel
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The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well


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Post by EternalDarkness » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:00 am

I am a native English speaker, but since relocating to the deep south have learned a few new words in Southern:

Whar-woof= Werewolf

Fam'pahr= Vampire

Wheech= Witch

Haint= Ghost

Boogerman= Devil

M'aw= Mother-in-law

I hope this helps with your research.

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Post by Murfreesboro » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:05 am

:P

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Post by Pumpkin56 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:58 am

EternalDarkness wrote:I am a native English speaker, but since relocating to the deep south have learned a few new words in Southern:

Whar-woof= Werewolf

Fam'pahr= Vampire

Wheech= Witch

Haint= Ghost

Boogerman= Devil

M'aw= Mother-in-law

I hope this helps with your research.
Where in the deep south are you? I'm almost afraid you might be in some kind of Deliverance country :shock:

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Post by EternalDarkness » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:29 am

We are in the South Carolina midlands and absolutely love it. Always someone to laugh with, always someone to laugh at. If, as Bill Shakepeare told me, "All the word's a stage", we have great seats.

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Post by ramaries69 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:35 am

Pumpkin56 wrote:
EternalDarkness wrote:I am a native English speaker, but since relocating to the deep south have learned a few new words in Southern:

Whar-woof= Werewolf

Fam'pahr= Vampire

Wheech= Witch

Haint= Ghost

Boogerman= Devil

M'aw= Mother-in-law

I hope this helps with your research.
Where in the deep south are you? I'm almost afraid you might be in some kind of Deliverance country :shock:
Pumpkin56, you are hilarious! :lol:

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Post by Pumpkin56 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:17 am

Thank ya ramaries! Hey we haven't fenced and discussed in a few days. What gives? :cry:

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Post by ramaries69 » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:45 am

Pumpkin56 wrote:Thank ya ramaries! Hey we haven't fenced and discussed in a few days. What gives? :cry:
Awwww....I still wuv ya! :wink:

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Post by jadewik » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:00 pm

Lobizón is the S. American version of the werewolf.

As far as other ones, I'm not entirely sure... most countries generally have their own monsters/lore and there isn't a lot of cross-over. You might try looking at this list of cryptids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids

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