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Mirror Mirror... (lemmy.zip)
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[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 5 months ago

And she says"who's the fairest of them all" not the hottest.

[-] excral@feddit.org 29 points 5 months ago

The original German wording is "Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?". Literally translated that would be "Mirror, mirror on the wall: who is the most beautiful woman in all the land." I would let "hottest" slide as a more contemporary translation.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Being able to rhyme wall(wand) with land sounds nice. "Beautifulist of them all" to perseve the rhyme doesn't sound right so hottest is about the closest you're gonna get. That or prettiest, but I prefer hottest.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

"yo shiny shit, who's the baddest hoe around? aw yeah"

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

*"Who is the fairest one of all"

🤓☝️

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago
[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I always thought it was a combination of both looks and personality. Maybe I was wrong.

While it's been a while since I've seen the original anything, I thought it said the queen was beautiful (and so "fair") visually, but she had a cold heart as she got older and more vain (and so was no longer "fair" in personality).

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