I Leoni Di Sicilia Is Sooo Mid. I'm Not Surprised, But Disappointed.

I Leoni di Sicilia is sooo mid. I'm not surprised, but disappointed.

Quite possible everyone but me already knew this, but apparently ABBA recorded some of their songs in multiple languages, and it's kind of blowing my mind in the best way possible?!

Case in point, for anyone who wants to hear how the pronunciation of a famous 19th-century battle site subtly changes depending on the language in question:

English: You know it, you love it. If you haven't watched this OG music video, worth watching for the first 15 seconds alone, because the visuals bring me an incredible amount of joy.

Swedish: ABBA in their native tongue! Delightful! I understood exactly two words—"Waterloo" and "Napoléon"—but it's still the same bop! Also, I dare you not to sing "jo jo" to yourself, the next time you hear this song begin.

French: So catchy that hopefully the French will not care that it's a leading reason for everyone remembering one of their greatest military defeats! Also, the guy who translated the lyrics into French was Alain Boublil, who would go on to write the lyrics for Les Misérables within the next decade, and I choose to believe that these events are causally related.

MISS FALLACI: It follows Oriana Fallaci, a correspondent who is intelligent, controversial and intolerant of the dynamics of an editorial team composed only of men who get to focus on politics while she's relegated to the role of ‘film girl’.

TV series, 2024.

Charyn Canyon National Park, Kazakhstan & Grand Canyon National Park, USA

Kinda in love with the idea that different places on other sides of the world can look so similar. Something something universal human experiences

welcome back, katerina petrova

Kit: I'm incredibly anal.

Me, knowing english at a fifth grader's level, runs to google: 😃🤔

Oh. Today I learned the meaning of the word anal.