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[[Fleece Tyler]] is not a legendary freestyler like it sounds. He is actually just an extremely obscure internet meme that only freestylers are likely to have encountered, while using [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate] to translate Japanese freestyle-related web pages (such as [http://freestyle-sk8.com/ freestyle-sk8.com]) to English. | [[Fleece Tyler]] is not a legendary freestyler like it sounds. He is actually just an extremely obscure internet meme that only freestylers are likely to have encountered, while using [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate] to translate Japanese freestyle-related web pages (such as [http://freestyle-sk8.com/ freestyle-sk8.com]) to English. | ||
This mistranslation occurred due to Google Translate incorrectly separating the katakana 「フリー」 (furi-) from the 「スタイル」 (sutairu) in 「フリースタイル」 (furi-sutairu). Instead, it separated it into 「フリース」 (furi-su) and 「タイル」 (tairu), which phonetically resulted in [[Fleece Tyler]], in English. | |||
In short, [[Fleece Tyler]] is "Freestyle"! | In short, [[Fleece Tyler]] is "Freestyle"! | ||
The original mistranslation was corrected sometime in 2016, but [[Fleece Tyler]] lives on, in our | The original mistranslation was corrected sometime in 2016, but [[Fleece Tyler]] lives on, in our hearts, and on this page. | ||
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[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||