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adeley
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Have you gone batty?

Halloween cards?? Have you gone batty?

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2007-11-9 06:36 PM

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Hi:
How about "干嘛神经兮兮?"

2007-11-10 12:21 PM

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How can we translate this "batty" pun?

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How about "干嘛神经兮兮?"

Because bats fly only at night and live in tombs and abandoned churches, bats are believed to be an omen of evil. They are commonly associated with witches and vampires. It is superstition that witches and vamps can take the form of a bat.

2007-11-11 08:45 PM

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Sorry, I don't know:-)
I think it's nearly impossible.

2007-11-12 07:08 PM

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Actually it's crazy.

An insane person is said to have "bats in their belfrey".
So batty means crazy.

2007-11-13 12:13 AM

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哎不就是在说：你是不是做了蝙蝠卡？

2007-11-15 03:50 PM

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门口的小女孩（A）　问：干嘛呢？
桌子旁的小女孩（B）回答：做万圣节卡片，不许偷看。
A：HAVE YOU GONE BATTY?(她想表达的意思是“你傻啊？或你疯了啊？”）
B：YOU PEEKED。（你偷看了）　
我的理解是：B可能把GONE　听成了DONE，　BAT是蝙蝠，后缀TY可以理解为蝙蝠的昵称，就像吃糖糖，喝奶奶。。这里可以解释为蝙蝙或蝠蝠。（因为她们都是小孩）。　综上所述B听错了A所说的，所以才说“你偷看了”。

2007-11-19 10:32 AM

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A：干嘛呢？
B：做万圣节卡片，不许偷看。
A：你做的是蝙蝠卡片?
B：你偷看了(很生气的样子,因为先前说不许偷看了)　

2007-11-26 04:46 PM

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