Part of episode 25 second season, airdate 121570, this sketch involves a maliciously misproduced english hungarian phrasebook. A hungarian enters a tobacconists shop carrying a phrasebook and begins a dialogue with the tobacconist. Monty python hungarian phrasebook my hovercraft is full of eels. Monty python sometimes known as the pythons were a british surreal comedy group who created the sketch comedy show monty python s flying circus, that first aired on the bbc on october 5, 1969. Travel interpreter phrasebook cheats tips and tricks added by pro players, testers and other users like you. Meanwhile, a policeman graham chapman on a quiet street cups his ear as if hearing a cry of distress. Scripts and sounds from monty python, holy grail, meaning of life and life of brian. Thread index search forums posting guidelines contact moderators. The hungarian phrasebook sketch is one of my favourite bits of monty python. Eric idle, michael palin, terry gilliam, terry jones, graham chapman, john cleese.
This is a joke translation app based upon the phrasebook in monty python s dirty hungarian phrasebook sketch. Sketches the black eagle, dirty hungarian phrasebook, court, world forum communist quiz, ypres 1914, art gallery strikes, royal hospital for overacting, gumby flower arranging, spam. In the tobacconist sketch, the tobacconist reads something, ostensibly in hungarian, from the phrasebook. Just remember youre a tiny little person on a planet in a universe e. The official online home for all things monty python.
The hungarian phrase meaning can you direct me to the station. Dirty hungarian phrasebook project gutenberg selfpublishing. This slim 148page book contains a pronunciation guide and a short discussion of complex magyar grammar, as well as a 40page dictionary containing the most commonly used hungarian words and a 70page phrasebook, divided according to topics, i. The sketch was first aired as part of the show monty python s flying circus in 1970 and then proposed again, slightly modified, in and now for something completely. Spam is the twentyfifth episode of monty python s flying circus. Watch monty python dirty hungarian phrasebook danny240392 on dailymotion. Monty pythons flying circus s 2 e 12 recap tv tropes. This is a joke translation app based upon the phrasebook in monty pythons dirty hungarian phrasebook sketch. Wilde, shaw monty python s flying circus by juliot37. Dirty hungarian phrasebook is a monty python sketch aired in 1970 on monty python s flying circus. Hungarian magyar is a uralic, nonindo european linguistic island spoken in central europe found mainly in hungary but also in parts of austria, slovakia, romania, ukraine, slovenia, croatia and serbia. The sketch begins with a policeman michael palin who takes some change and says thank you very much for the change, mr tobacconist stiffly, before walking off and asking the crew if it was good enough. And now for something completely different wikipedia.
I this series of articles well take a look in to the code which will be opensourced along with the. After the customer used gestures to convey his desire, the tobacconist looks in the phrasebook to find a hungarian translation for six and six i. Monty python dodgy hungarian translation book youtube. An inspiration for the sketch may be english as she is spoke, a 19th century portugueseenglish phrase book regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given english translations are generally completely incoherent.
Dirty hungarian phrasebook wikipedia republished wiki 2. Yandelvayasna grldenwi stravenka hungarian punches the clerk. Monty python s flying circus, a bbc comedy series starring graham chapman, john cleese, eric idle, terry jones and michael palin with animation by terry gilliam, made its debut on bbc1 on october 5, 1969. Dirty hungarian phrasebook is a sketch that appears in spam, the twentyfifth episode of monty python s flying circus. The hungarian phrasebook sketch from monty python s flying circus. The hungarian phrasebook sketch monty python scripts. Many of them are plainly bizarre and some of them are mildly sexual in nature for. My hovercraft is full of eels englishlatin dictionary. Also, find information about the individual pythons graham chapman, john cleese, terry gilliam, eric. Hungarian may be the most difficult language in the world for an englishspeaker to learn, for a number of grammar, spelling, and pronunciation reasons, so misunderstandings may of course arise.
A hungarian enters a tobacconists shop and begins a dialogue with the tobacconist. How a portuguesetoenglish phrasebook became a cult comedy sensation. How a portuguesetoenglish phrasebook became a cult. Ive always wondered what the shopkeeper says to the hungarian in the dirty phrasebook sketch. First, the opening scene to the the black eagle and now for something completely different, its. Monty python are true legends of comedy, doing to sketch comedy and absurd humor what the beatles did to music. Does this monty python quote actually translate to. A hungarian john cleese enters a tobacconists shop carrying a phrasebook and begins a dialogue with the tobacconist terry jones. Dirty hungarian phrasebook local business facebook. This app contains phrases of a light hearted but slightly smutty nature which may not be suitable for young children. Near as i can remember, vaguely phonetically, it goes like this. One of the best sketches on this topic is the dirty hungarian phrasebook by monty python.
And now for something completely different is a 1971 british sketch comedy film based on the television comedy series monty python s flying circus featuring sketches from the shows first two series. Dirty hungarian phrasebook monty python wiki fandom. The developers reserve the right to laugh at any persons attempting to use this app for real world translations. It first aired in 1970 on monty python s flying circus as. A relatively common recent latinization inspired by the dirty hungarian phrasebook sketch by monty python. Pull down your panties, for i can not wait til lunch time. Travel interpreter phrasebook hack cheats and tips hack. Many of them are plainly bizarre and some of them are.
The popularity of this sketch has led to the phrase my hovercraft is full of. Monty python sometimes known as the pythons were a british surreal comedy group who created the sketch comedy show monty python s flying circus, that first aired on the bbc on 5 october 1969. Monty pythons and now for something completely different. Monty python scripts the hungarian phrasebook sketch court phrasebook the cast. Monty python dirty hungarian phrasebook video dailymotion. This paper and presentation will discuss the dying art of translation and discuss methods for communication, rapport, and technical association that will empower frontline staff to hear what customers are saying and translate it into useful information for problem resolution.
Straight dope message board main cafe society does this monty python quote actually translate to anything. The python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous. Dirty hungarian phrasebook sketch from monty python. Monty pythons flying circus, a bbc comedy series starring graham chapman, john cleese, eric idle, terry jones and michael palin with animation by terry. Cleese then proceeds to read more bizarre phrases from the phrasebook, including my hovercraft is full of eels apparently a translation for may i have some. Today i rescue one of the funniest gags by monty python. Monty python translation in english hungarian dictionary.
The title was taken from a catchphrase used in the television show the film, released on 28 september 1971 in the united kingdom, consists of 90 minutes of sketches seen in the first two series. Atlas obscura has noted that it may have been inspired by english as she is spoke, a 19thcentury portugueseenglish phrase book regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given english translations are generally completely incoherent. The crew shush him and mr tobacconist terry jones looks at the. It first aired in 1970 on monty python s flying circus as part of episode 25. Dirty hungarian phrasebook is a monty python sketch that first aired in 1970. Dirty hungarian phrasebook is a monty python sketch. Dirty hungarian phrasebook is a sketch that appears in spam, the twentyfifth episode of monty pythons flying circus. In 1970, the british empire lay in ruins, and foreign nationalists frequented the streets many of them hungarians not the streets the foreign nationals.
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