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minus-squarebigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down2·1 month agoIn Dutch we call the mayor a burgermeester, which can be literally translated into burger master.
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 month 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.pubcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agothe fucking villains fandom wiki 😭
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month 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-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYou mean the best animators ever?
minus-square∃∀λ@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoDid we all live the same childhood?
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoYou don’t elect mayors, you elect burger kings
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-squareAjikeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-squareCareHare@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLiteral translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun.
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNo one will tell me what all this is about–but I will find out.
minus-squaretoynbee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoApologies for the fandom link, but Craig Alanson might have been mocking you.
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 😭
That’s the best thing I’ve heard all week. Thanks for that.
This is gold.
You mean the best animators ever?
Did we all live the same childhood?
You don’t elect mayors, you elect burger kings
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
German does that as well.
ye… and in german it is “Bürgermeister”
Literal translation would be: ‘citizen master’ as ‘een burger’ is a citizen. Sorry to spoil the fun.
No one will tell me what all this is about–but I will find out.
Apologies for the fandom link, but Craig Alanson might have been mocking you.