Lord have mercy...Lol!

oh my...

HA!!
Lord help us all.

Can you provide an alternate translation so we ignorant lurkers can laugh along?

Christie insb said:

Can you provide an alternate translation so we ignorant lurkers can laugh along?

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The title of the thread... without the Lol.

ikonographics said:

And the latest from Google Translate...

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Puts me in mind of "The Message" translation. Maybe that's how they got it.

Lord have mercy - lol indeed!

icxn said:

The title of the thread... without the Lol.

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Thanks. Pretty fuuny. Kyrie elaison?

Christie insb said:

Thanks. Pretty fuuny. Kyrie elaison?

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Your spelling is a little off, but yes, you got it. (read about it on wikipedia)

FenderTL5 said:

Your spelling is a little off, but yes, you got it. (read about it on wikipedia)

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I have had my brushes with the Jesus prayer so this brings me back. The Wikipedia article says it is a reminder of God's love, a reminder I often benefit from.

ikonographics said:

And the latest from Google Translate...

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I'm guessing google isn't handling the polytonic characters properly

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I just typed in Κύριε ελέησον, and it translated it as Mr. Merise ???

I think it's time to update all our liturgical texts...

Sir, take it easy.

prodromos said:

I'm guessing google isn't handling the polytonic characters properly

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I just typed in Κύριε ελέησον, and it translated it as Mr. Merise ???

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I think there's a slight difference between the OP and what you've typed. I have zero clue what it's properly called, but it's the character above the first letter in the second word.

Κύριε, ἐλέησον
Κύριε ελέησον

Ikonographics typed in the Koine or Kathereuousa Greek which uses a variety of stresses and breathings. I typed in the Modern Greek. Same words, same meaning, and not what google translate gave.

prodromos said:

Ikonographics typed in the Koine or Kathereuousa Greek which uses a variety of stresses and breathings. I typed in the Modern Greek. Same words, same meaning, and not what google translate gave.

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I see. My apologies, I wasn't sure if you noticed the slight difference.

I can just hear the Eagles song now....

Kyrie Elaison, Kyrie Elaison,
Don’t let the sound of your own wheels, make you lazy, son

prodromos said:

I'm guessing google isn't handling the polytonic characters properly

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I just typed in Κύριε ελέησον, and it translated it as Mr. Merise ???

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Does Merise mean something?

Not that I'm aware of. I suspect google translate is broken.

prodromos said:

Not that I'm aware of. I suspect google translate is broken.

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Wouldn't be the first time.


When my daughter was growing up, we used to type out song lyrics or little stories, plug them into Google translate and turn them into another language (Chinese often gave the best results) and then copy that and turn back into English. We laughed for hours doing this.