• VikingHippie
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        1 year ago

        And “porque no” means “why not?”. Spanish is funny like that.

        • JWBananas@startrek.website
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          1 year ago

          It does not. “¿Por qué no?” means “Why not?” whereas “Porque no” means “Because not.” The spelling is similar, but the lack of a space changes the meaning.

              • VikingHippie
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                1 year ago

                Hey guess what?

                1. it apparently means both and we arrived at demonstrating that via the same method, automatic translation

                2. I don’t care if you’re the king of Spain or the president of Mexico, doesn’t change the language

                3. lastly and most importantly, I was referencing a popular meme in a glib manner. That’s what you’re so overzealous about “correcting”.

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              1 year ago

              Garbage in, garbage out. You asked it to translate ungrammatical Spanish and it gave you a translation anyway, probably because lots of people accidentally write “por qué” as “porque”. It’s still wrong, though.