Re: [Haskell-cafe] Learn you

On 05/02/2012 07:37 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote:

On 2 May 2012 18:18, Brent Yorgey wrote:

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I am curious how the title was translated. Of course, the English title "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good" uses intentionally ungrammatical/unidiomatic English for humorous effect. Is the

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Colin Adamswrote:

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I don't find it (the English title) humorous. I just assumed it was written by a non-native English speaker.

The English title does require a little context for the humor: it leverages a chain of poor-translation memes going back (at least) to all-your-base.

I always thought it was a nod to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Regards,