[Haskell-cafe] Learn you

[Bardur Arantsson]

On 05/02/2012 07:37 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> On 2 May 2012 18:18, Brent Yorgey<byorgey at seas.upenn.edu>  wrote:
>
>> I am curious how the title was translated.  Of course, the English
>> title "Learn You a Haskell for Great Good" uses intentionally
>> ungrammatical/unidiomatic English for humorous effect.  Is the
>>
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Colin Adams<colinpauladams at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I don't find it (the English title) humorous. I just assumed it was
>> written by a non-native English speaker.
>>
>
> The English title does require a little context for the humor:  it
> leverages a chain of poor-translation memes going back (at least) to
> all-your-base.
>

I always thought it was a nod to

    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious 
Nation of Kazakhstan

Regards,