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Google mistargets me a bit...
« on: August 23, 2007, 12:35:45 AM »
You know how Google (and others) attempt to customize the links/ads you see on their pages, hoping to hit the right target segment.

Well... this is what just appeared on 'my' page when I went to Google Groups (alt.games.warcraft):



I know this will come as a big surprise but I don't actually speak Farsi.  Or Arabic.  Or any Cyrillic language for that matter.  Perhaps this is some sort of secret, subliminal 'p-l-a-n'?
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Re: Google mistargets me a bit...
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2007, 02:56:22 AM »
There's nothing Cyrillic there. Cyrillic is what the Slavic languages (i.e. Greek-derived) use.

The Arabic alphabet came out of Aramaic.
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Re: Google mistargets me a bit...
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007, 06:49:39 AM »
Cyrilly me!
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"I lost my game of NT: Garry's fault. Global warming: Garry's fault. End-of-the-Universe: Garry's fault. See it always fits. Anyway, what is Garry up to? No good I bet." - Laszlo
"As for your French, it's probably better than the average English-speaking Frenchman's Finnish! (Or something.)" - wa
"I'm back at Thunderfalls now and every minute thinking of poking a bandit in the eye with a fishhook." - Preyveil
"and yet still nothing has made it to BC's signature!"-KMD

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Re: Google mistargets me a bit...
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2007, 07:49:16 AM »
Oof.
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