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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-05-03 06:40 pm

[ SECRET POST #1948 ]


⌈ Secret Post #1948 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01. [repeat]


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02.
[Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Touhou Project]


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03.
[Legend of Korra and The Hunger Games]


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04.
[Once Upon a Time]


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05.
[Bradley Whitford]


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06.
[Merlin]


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07.
[Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)]


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08.
[Divergent, Hunger Games, Wither, Claymore, Princess Tutu, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Gurren Lagann]


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09.
[GRR Martin]


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10.
[Hetalia]


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11.
[Legend of the Seeker]


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12.
[Jeeves and Wooster]


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13.
[Katawa Shoujo]


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14. [broken]


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15.
[The Hunger Games]


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16.
[The Voice UK]


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17.
[Martin Freeman]


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18.
[Benedict Cumberbatch]


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19.
[Scandal]


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20.
[Leviathan]


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21.
[Once Upon a Time]


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22.
[Steam Powered Giraffe]


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23.
[Titanic]


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24.
[planescape torment]


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25.
[schindler's list]


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26.
[Dead Poets Society, House]


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27.
[vampire bloodlines]


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28.
[vampire: the masquerade: bloodlines]


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29.
[quest for glory]


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30.
[quills]


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31.
[Legend of Korra]


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32.
[The Pirates! Band of Misfits]


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33.
[Moebius, Leisure Suit Larry]


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34.
[Transformers G1]


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35.
[Knights of the Old Republic]


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36.
[Dragon Age]


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37.
[Dragon Age 2]


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38.
[Mass Effect 3]


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39.
[Mass Effect 3]


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40.
[Mass Effect 3]


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41.
[Mass Effect 3, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 026 secrets from Secret Submission Post #278.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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[personal profile] akacat 2012-05-04 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
And there's all the stuff you don't even know to research!

Of course milk comes in bags! Oh wait, not in the US. (Most of the US, anyway.)

Or you think you know English? There's a few dozen places you can trip over vocabulary without even touching slang:

Don't try to find trainers in a US shoe store. You'll probably be directed to a gym that employs fitness trainers. If you want footwear, you need to ask for a sneaker. Or a tennis shoe, or running shoe, or basketball shoe....

Well, everyone knows that garment is a jumper, right? Nope, that's a pull-over sweater. A jumper is a type of dress, or someone who committed suicide by jumping off a building or bridge.

Let's find the lift to the first floor. Oh, none of the employees knows of any "lift", but apparently we can choose between stairs or an elevator. (Bonus confusion -- according to the elevator panel we are already on the first floor, and want to go to the second??)

And those are just (a few of) the things I've randomly picked up (but in the reverse, I'm American.) I honestly don't think it's possible to get everything right through research. Just do the best you can, then send it to a native to translate.

[identity profile] lilya7.livejournal.com 2012-05-04 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly!
A little research does go a long way, especially for bigger issues like, say, the school system, but let's be honest, sometimes we don't even know where to look for things. Wikipedia doesn't actually hold everything.

OT: the first time I heard about milk bags, I was astonished. I still am, actually.