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Is there also a Swedish version of the ball? In that case I have a possible explanation. When the ball was copied, they may have worked from images. You need m
by throwaway_673 3y ago
Is there also a Swedish version of the ball? In that case I have a possible explanation.
When the ball was copied, they may have worked from images. You need more than one image because the ball is round.
Could the copycat have used an English version for one of the sides, and Swedish for the other? By looking at the images and letters around the Y, they actually make more sense in Swedish
The poster may have made a mistake by interpreting the "W" for "worm". If the Swedish theory is right, it is actually an "M" as worm is translated to "mask" in Swedish. They also seem unaware that a picature of the nail can also be translated as "nagel".
E - Elefant
N - Nagel
M - Mask / Metmask
K - Känguru
To me it looks like that side fits the Swedish words perfectly. The "Q" (queen) is copied from a different picture that comes from the English version
Edit: One of the comments on Stack exchange seems to suggest the same theory. The symbols seem to be a mix of at least two different sources.
Edit 2: Corrected the translation of worm
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> If the Swedish theory is right, it is actually an "M" as worm is translated to "mask" in Swedish. This obviously cannot be the case because, if you view the artwork of the worm, the letter accompanying it is a W. If you instead orient the ball so that the letter might be an M, you find that the artwork for that letter is upside down.
- kzrdude 3y agoAnother correction, nagel might technically still have the meaning (metal) nail in the dictionary but it's not understood that way in modern swedish.
- unwind 3y agoWorm in Swedish is "mask". "Mark" means "ground".
- throwaway_673 3y agoThank you. I changed it now