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Res facta quae tamen fingi potuit ([personal profile] pauamma) wrote in [community profile] linguaphiles2022-02-11 01:03 am
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Scam email in Corsican.
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silverflight8: bee on rose (Default)

[personal profile] silverflight8 2022-02-11 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Wow! Trying to reach someone who spoke Corsican, or just filler text from some Corsican source jumbled up in there?
pauamma: Cartooney crab wearing hot pink and acid green facemask holding drink with straw (Default)

[personal profile] pauamma 2022-02-11 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
I think the former. When I fed it to GT, the English that came out looked like run-of-the-mill instructions for an identity theft scam. (Provide name, address, phone #, bank account #, etc.)
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[personal profile] madfilkentist 2022-02-11 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be so tempted to respond with "Napoleone di Buonaparte."
pauamma: Cartooney crab wearing hot pink and acid green facemask holding drink with straw (Default)

[personal profile] pauamma 2022-02-11 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh. I'd go for Filippo Antonio Pasquale de' Paoli, personally.
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