March 23, 2001, 18:07
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Baden are now out vassals
Is anyone else slightly annoyed with this? This happens with every country. They are only one country but they have it plural. At least it isn't as bad as All Your Base.
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March 23, 2001, 22:35
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What the heck is all these references everywhere to "All you bases belong to us" or something along those lines???
I must not spend enough time on the internet.
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March 24, 2001, 00:11
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It's an old badly translated French game that has the words "all your base are belong to us" as well as "someone setup us the bomb". There is a song and a music video because of it. Try www.newgrounds.com.
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March 24, 2001, 22:43
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French? What you say!! (It think the game is Japanese.)
I don't think the above is bad English. It implies that the people of Baden are now your vassals, perhaps... I don't know, I don't carry out many conversations about who my vassals are in my real life (if one could call it that  ). Though: you could say, "The prince of Baden is my vassal," but I don't think "Baden(as in the province itselfe) is our vassal," is correct English.
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March 18, 2006, 03:54
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I was just looking at my old threads and this one made me laugh.
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March 19, 2006, 14:55
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Yea, I think the English is fine, it's probably referring to the people of Baden as a collective whole.
It's just one of those strange quirks between American English and English English: the Brits will refer to a collective object (like a corporation, team, or nation) as a plural, while Americans will refer to it as a singular object.
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March 20, 2006, 05:06
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I never have thought about.
Perhaps from spanhish or french?
Best regards,
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March 26, 2006, 23:28
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It's a British vs. Americam English thing involving collective nouns. A Brit would say "the team ARE playing," we would say "the team IS playing".
Oh, shoot, Johnny beat me to it. 
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March 31, 2006, 04:49
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I never vassalize Baden anyway 
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