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==Welcome==
Welcome to [[User:Ardonik/I ate my cat]]. You couldn't possibly be in a more obscure corner of the [[World Wide Web]] right now.
Actually, what I meant was, if you'd like to know something. Ask!
I'm using this page to record translations of the English phrase "'''I ate my cat'''" in (hopefully) every written language ever conceived by man. You can help by adding to the table right now! In fact, I won't really mind if you edit the rest of this page as long as the result looks good. This is a Wiki, [[be bold]] and all that.
[[User:ZackStone|ZackStone]] 17:50, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
As part of my ''Master Plan'', I've had a page like this in mind for a long time now. However, I thought that it would take several years to do the research, make the phone calls, and send the e-mails required to complete this list. But then, suddenly, I discovered this addictive little thing called [[Wikipedia]], already populated by hundreds of thousands of users. Before long, I realized that out of all these Wikipedians, ''someone'', ''somewhere'' had to know how to translate "I ate my cat" into any given language. Are ''you'' that someone?
===The ''Master Plan''===
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<big>It seems that you have eaten your cat...
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...is it true? Are you the legendary cat eater of грибы? коровы?</big>
<div style="width:100%; text-align:right;">--[[User:Ilyanep]]</div>
</div>
Now you're going to ask me what my ''Master Plan'' is all about. I conceived it as a contingency and survival plan; it answers the question "what would you do if you were [[teleport]]ed, without food, money, or any contact information, into the middle of a strange foreign land?" The ''Master Plan'' calls for the following procedure:
#The subject places his pants atop his head.
#The subject (having memorized the following table) yells "I ate my cat," appropriately translated, in his loudest voice, preferably in the direction of authority figures.
#The police (or the foreign land's equivalent) arrest the subject for disruption and detain him, either in
##An [[asylum]] for the mentally ill (best case),
##A [[jail]] (not so good), or
##A [[prison]] (worst case.)
#Regardless of the place of incarceration, the subject now has access to free food and water (though the precise proportions will be at the whim of the authority figures — admittedly, a flaw in the ''Master Plan'', but not a huge one.)
#The [[United States of America|Americans]], having learned about the subject's detention, will clamor for his release — or at least for his [[extradition]] so he can be tried on American soil.
#The [[President of the United States]] will sign the instruments granting aforesaid release, stating officiously that "it was all a big misunderstanding."
#The subject will be returned to American soil to cheering crowds waving [[American flag|the good old red, white, and blue]]. After a memorable parade, the subject will get a chance to shake the President's hand amid streaming confetti and glorious military marching band tunes.
#(Optional) The subject is tried on American soil for domestic disturbances abroad.
#(Optional) Movie deal, or jailtime followed by a movie deal.
There are a few kinks in the plan, but overall, I feel that it is a sound one.
==I ate my cat==
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|+ How to say "I ate my cat" in the world's written languages
|- style="background-color: #a0d0ff; color:black;"
![[ISO 639|Language]] (alpha-3)
!Written
!How it sounds in English
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|[[Al Bhed|abh]]
|E yda so lyd
|"EAY ae-deah seeoh luae-de"
|-
|[[Arabic language|ara]]
|أكلت قطتي
|Akalto Qetati
|-
|[[German language|deu]]
|Ich habe meine Katze gegessen
|Ich harber miner katser gegessen (ch as in loch)
|-
|[[English language|eng]]
|"I ate my cat"
|(Same)
|-
|[[Persian language|fas]]
|?
|?
|-
|[[French language|fra]]
|J'ai mangé mon chat
|Zhay mon-zhay mon sha
|-
|[[Irish language|gle]]
|"D'ith mé mo chat"
|Dih may muh chot (ch as in loch)
|-
|[[Hebrew language|heb]]
|אכלתי את החתול שלי
|Achalti et ha-chatul sheli
|-
|[[Japanese language|jpn]]
|私の猫を食べました
|Watashi no neko o tabemashita
|-
|[[Latin language|lat]]
|Felis meum devoravi <!-- "edi" and "comedi" are also appropriate -->
|Fay-lees may-um day-worr-ah-wee
|-
|[[Russian language|rus]]
|"Я съел мою кошку"
|Yah c'yel moyu koshku
|-
|[[Croatian language|scr]]
|Pojeo sam moju maĉku
|?
|-
|[[Latin|lat]]
|"ceno mi feles"
|"kay'-noh mee feh'-lehs"
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|colspan="3"|Add a language or correct mistakes [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User:Ardonik/I_ate_my_cat&action=edit§ion=2 here :-)]
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