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HALLOWEEN





See if you can decipher this twisted tune.

We ran the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translated them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

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‘Boo’ didn’t originate as a ghostly saying.

If linguistics is any indicator, it would appear that everybody in the spirit realm speaks Scots English.

Lucas Reilly








See if you can decipher this twisted tune.

We ran the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translated them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

mentalfloss .com