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minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhy are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?
minus-squareScroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoThis is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica” Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThat’d be pronounced like Ehfrika
minus-squareheftig@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s a reference to Toto’s song “Africa”, and in the line “I bless the rains down in Africa” the “A” gets extended a lot.
minus-squarebreakingcups@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhy would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays…
minus-squareBlack616Angel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago bits I think its a byte difference.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoMaybe half a byte, like a nibble
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThey did it twice so it seems intentional. Beats me though.
minus-squareDonut@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI didn’t even see the second one fully, as it was behind an icon. Thanks for spotting that one for me
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoD&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?
minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI assumed because Africa doesn’t exist on Toril.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAnyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?
Why are they calling it Aafrica? Or is that just part of the other typos / spelling errors?
This is likely because in the song from which this meme is riffing of of, Africa is sung with an elongated “a” like “aaaafrica”
Edit: Africa by Toto, 1:20 seconds in
Äfrica
That’d be pronounced like Ehfrika
Åfrica?
Ohfrika
It’s a reference to Toto’s song “Africa”, and in the line “I bless the rains down in Africa” the “A” gets extended a lot.
Must be bot?
Why would a bot get that wrong? Everyone blames everything slightly odd on bits nowadays…
Not sure, just question.
I think its a byte difference.
Maybe half a byte, like a nibble
They did it twice so it seems intentional. Beats me though.
I didn’t even see the second one fully, as it was behind an icon. Thanks for spotting that one for me
D&D campaign changing the names of real places to keep the fantasy setting?
I assumed because Africa doesn’t exist on Toril.
Anyone else read that as Jackie Daytona?