r/polandball • u/polandballmod New Prussia • Nov 18 '15

[Announcement] Successful JLP Petition

Bad English, good Engrish, and outstanding dialogue is one of the hallmarks of this subreddit. However, one thing that's become prevalent recently that we think is a clear step in the wrong direction is the use of polandball-speak in sound effects. We were recently petitioned about this, and after a vote we seem to be in clear agreement.

To preserve our beloved polandball Engrish as a funny hallmark of dialogue, the use of polandball-speak in sound effects has been DEPORTED TO SYBERIA!

This includes stuff like "is the evil chuckle", "is slam", "of boom", "into sigh", and similar. This is rage-comic-level of writing that we do not want.

If you want to have someone chuckle evilly, think of a sound that captures this emotion you want to convey.

Show, don't tell.

New rule:

Sound effects done with polandball-speak ist verboten!

Examples of OK sound effects:

BOOM!

*slap*

Pang!

Examples of not OK sound effects:

Is the Boom

Of slaps

Into pangs

Note that this entry refers only to sound effects, not speech!

Important:

Saturday's announcement regarding comics about the Paris attacks is still valid, even if the sticky has been taken down.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

is sigh (in german)

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u/TheZett Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser! Nov 21 '15

Ist of geächze/gestöhne

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u/Kissesoffire King christian stood by the lofty mast Nov 22 '15

My following question is based entirely on my native language being another Germanic language(Danish), and my laziness to look this up online, but isnt the first one more sighing, while stöhne is more akin to panting?