Short Flights And Failed Takeoffs

by Snakeskin Ducttape

MLAABQ Gaiden: Celestia's Morning Greeting

Celestia walked out on her balcony, and looked down on her realms and lands, love and pride for her little ponies welling up in her.

It was a familiar sight, and familiarity breeds comfort, which breeds a desire for certain outlets.

As Celestia’s horn glowed in preparation for raising the sun, her warm smile warped into a mischievous one. She took a deep breath, and called out in the Royal Canterlot Voice.

“NAAAAAANTS AMAHHASHIIIIII BAGITHI BABAAA!”

Author's Note:

Guess what this means.

... It means that I plan on publishing a chapter soon

I did some juggling with google translate and stuff. Might not be accurate. Anyone here who can speak... Zulu, I think?

Comments

[ssokolow]

Well, Google Translate's language-guesser does think it's Zulu, but the most sense I could get it to make out of it was "New horses Gittite dad"

[Snakeskin Ducttape]

7879708 I checked what the Zulu (I think) words in the beginning of Circle Of Life from the Lion King means. First google results said it means "Here comes a lion". Then I tried switching out 'lion' for 'horse', and this is the result

[ssokolow]

7879717

It's probably Google Translate's fault. I snatched the first line from a lyrics site and Google Translate says it's Zulu but gives "New lion Gittite Baba".

I think the problem is that, since you obviously draw out certain syllables, I wasn't confident enough (that I'd reversed that correctly) to try googling for the original reference.

[Snakeskin Ducttape]

7879724 Yeah. Anyway, the joke was bad from the beginning

I'm gonna have another one for the chapter tomorrow.

[Orbiting Kettle]

Bad jokes have a long and glorious tradition and should be not scoffed at

[Snakeskin Ducttape]

7880051 Indeed. Which is why I'm posting more very soon

[Lancerlot]

Somewhere in the wastes beyond Equestria, two diamond dogs, Shenzi and Banzai, looked at each other with cunning and crafty expressions. A third was busy staring at nothing. "You still with us, Ed? ...Ed?" queried Shenzi.

[Zulaq]

7879717

I could have sworn it was Swahili not Zulu. Both are African languages but Swahili was/is the more spoken language and was basically the lingua franca (trade language) for pretty much all the regions where lions actually live while Zulu is a tribal specific language from the southern edge of the lion's range.

[FOXTrot2]

“NAAAAAANTS AMAHHASHIIIIII BAGITHI BABAAA!”

Sithi uhhmm ingonyama