Now, that's just odd! (BtVs) (episode, cheerleader, Savannah, music)

[TamaraSavannah]

I'm watching Buffy in French with Spanish subtitles.

Part way through the conversation, Willow addresses Xander as "Alex". Not as "Alexandre", but as "Alex".

Phonetically, Xander is close to Alexandre but I guess they errorred by going for the nickname, hence Alex for Alexandre as Xander is to Alexander.

[Acajack]

The French equivalent for "Xander" would be "Xandre" in French and it just sounds weird and I've never heard it used. The short form for Alexandre is always Alex so I guess that's why they used it.

[apexgds]

The name used for Xander is not what I find odd about this thread.

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

I'm watching Buffy in French with Spanish subtitles.

[TamaraSavannah]

Originally Posted by apexgds

The name used for Xander is not what I find odd about this thread.

Well, i would have done French subtitles for practice, but the DVD came with only subtitles in English and Spanish.

[easternerDC]

SO wait, you were watching Buffy dubbed in French, but with Spanish subtitles??!

[TamaraSavannah]

Originally Posted by easternerDC

SO wait, you were watching Buffy dubbed in French, but with Spanish subtitles??!

That's right.

Sort of like those ole Sonny and Cher operas, you know a western opera done with Japanese music.

[apexgds]

Originally Posted by easternerDC

SO wait, you were watching Buffy dubbed in French, but with Spanish subtitles??!

Okay, glad it's not just me.

[TamaraSavannah]

Came across another one yesterday. I was watching "Witch" in French (had awoken from a nightmare & wanted to assure myself that I wasn't still dreaming for if I was, I should be able to hear the French in crystal clarity (but No!)), without subtitles, and they referred to a pom pom girl as a ....... pom pom girl.

Not a pom pom bait, errrrrr, sorry that's Arabic, fille, but a pom pom girl.

It may be just because that it is a 'name', that is what it is called in French as well. The Google translator treats it, for a computer program, as such. It also might be because that is the way it is dubbed so it can be better understood; later in the episode, Buffy was singing "Macho Man" in English.

Since the DVD does not come with the option of French subtitles, there really isn't a way of checking. There is one subtitle in the episode but the wording is not the same. That is, there is a sign that says "Welcome to 1996 Cheerleading Try-outs" and the subtitle is "Bienvenue aux auditions des majorettes 1996"....and majorette is French for cheerleader.