Friday 28 May 2010

Väljavalitu

As this was originally in Estonian, it was quite challenging to translate teenage rage. It was on a hot-or-not-type site, where users had an option to mark someone as the chosen one. It would show on their profile with a heart icon. The original name was "väljavalitu", abbreviated as "vv". I was 27 at the time.

So, I got a message:

From: rety123
To: dandee

vv-d?:)


The girl was 13. No matter, it was no bother to mark her as the chosen one. Then came the rage. Her friend wrote to me: "eww your such a perv hitting on to young girls find your own kind perv..". This is probably a weird translation, but she really said "own kind". After I explained that she requested it, she replied: "ummmmmghhhh don't lie hit on your own kind clown r u some kinda pervvvv", and "yo rety dint ask u maybe take her off ur chosen one like for real ur a perv". And, of course, she commented on my picture with:

ahahhahaahahhahahahahahhahhahahahahahahahah ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly your your your your your your clown clown clowqn nice comment asswipe cool smile i know i smiled myself omg do u have a handicap LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL:( YOUR NOT NORMAL..LMAO GROW UP.. PMSL


The word "normal" in Estonian is often used to describe something as positive, as in "this party was normal". This language usage comes from Russians, and I dislike it. It's a term to describe data or phenomenon, it does not make sense as a compliment. But that is the context she used it in, and I had to explain, otherwise you connect it only with the handicap remark.

Alright, you may think it's weird that a 27-year-old "chose" a 13-year-old, but it was just a silly text, I wasn't even interested in talking to her. But what's amusing is that even if her friend didn't believe me, she did not even realise that if I had sent her the chosen one request, she would have had to accept it in order for it to show on our profiles. And, of course, the teenage rage language.

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