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[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 88 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Funnily enough, the french version teaches English

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia has a long list about different language versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_the_Explorer#Foreign_adaptations

Tldr: in non-english versions, usually the second language is English. Exceptions: Serbian and Irish teach Spanish, Kannada version teaches Hindi.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I am pretty sure the Slovenian version also teaches Spanish. It's not on the list though so can't be sure.

[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

in german to

[–] gari_9812@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

And the Spanish version teaches English, I learned a decent amount from it.

[–] halvar@lemm.ee 49 points 6 months ago (4 children)

hell nah this ain't real i call bullshit

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 82 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nah this legit you can trust me I’m on the internet

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 42 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

It's supposed to be a picture of someone else when the text credits Abe.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can confirm that this post and its image content does in fact really exist here on the internet.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I like how the Malaysian TV guide is in English

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Languages of Malaysia:

English is widely understood and spoken within the urban areas of the country; the English language is a compulsory subject in primary and secondary education. It is also the main medium of instruction within most private colleges and private universities. English may take precedence over Malay in certain official contexts as provided for by the National Language Act

Given that and the fact that the people of Malaysia speak several different first languages but the overwhelming majority speak English as a second language, it's not much of a stretch for there to be English sections of their TV guide 🤷

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

One of the many boons of colonialism.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tell me you've never been to Malaysia without telling me you've never been to Malaysia.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Well tbh, I've not ever been, and I think that probably applies to the vast majority of people

But hey, you seem familiar with it so let's go:

If I were to visit Malaysia where is (in your opinion): one place I have to visit, one food I can't miss and one piece of advice you'd give every visitor that they don't ever seem to know?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 2 points 6 months ago

Emm...this is in english newspaper, of course it's in english 😅

[–] firrann@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago

Looks like astro is a real TV channel in Malaysia as is unifi. Either someone did their homework or this is as real as it is funny.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 6 months ago

That reminds me of a person telling me that a screenshot of an email was fake, when I, myself had taken said screenshot.

[–] Shah_of_Iran@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago

He did work for the Spanish tho

[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

And he was one of the biggest pieces of shit in human history.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago

fairly accurate and on point tbh

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 8 points 6 months ago

What's with Dora the explorer being on at ridiculously late times? My only memories of watching it when I was younger was at about 11:30pm as well

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

famous Spanish explorer since Chr 🤮

breaks the fourth wall more liberally than Deadp 🤮