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Does the original text really says: "walks into a bar"?
by marcodiego 5y ago
Does the original text really says: "walks into a bar"?
- blamazon 5y agoNo, the original text says: ur-gir15-re eš2-dam-še in-kur9-ma Alternatively notated as: /urgir-e ešdam-še i.n-kur-ma/
- marcodiego 5y agoOh, sure. More accurately translated as "tavern".
- reaperducer 5y agoDepends on your definition of "tavern." Having lived in both places, a "tavern" in New York and a "tavern" in Wisconsin can be different things, depending on a lot of factors.
- PeterisP 5y agoDifferent cultures may assign different connotations to what "bar" means, but first line of the original text says "walks into a [place]" and other sources using that same word [place] involve serving beer to patrons and/or prostitution there, so "bar" or "brothel" or "inn" may be roughly decent approximations; but "bar" has the "... walks into a bar" English trope going for it.