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TIL that from 1991-1996, a man named Ted Woolsey was responsible for translating Square’s Super NES games into English. Working with many constraints, Woolsey often had to make script changes, such as translating “Damn it!” as “Son of a submariner!”. These are now known as “Woolseyisms” by fans.

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