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Did you know Google knows how to beatbox?

May 8, 2012 9:35 PM

"Go to http://translate.google.com/, switch the "From" language to German, paste the below text in, hit the audio button and enjoy."

pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk

As seen on my FB feed, enjoy!

inkycatz inkycatz

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Thats awesome! Now I wish I took German in college!

rooopert2002 rooopert2002
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I love that when you hover over the audio button, instead of "listen" it actually says "beatbox".

wingnutzero wingnutzero
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Its funny that you can actually follow the script to the beat.

coondogg97 coondogg97
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That's hilarious, thanks for sharing!

tippypaws tippypaws
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Duuuuude. Awesome!

thedogma thedogma
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If you set the "from" to German and the "to" to Russian you can have yourself an old school beat competition...

rooopert2002 rooopert2002
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@inkycatz are you stalking me/people I know >.> my S.O. German professor posted that on facebook earlier today. I know it's been around since like 2010 or probably earlier. Just kinda weird it resurfaced in two spots today.

Would be interesting to follow the post across the friend webs to see how it bounced around the world.

dravack dravack
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Play it with Esperanto at the same time for added fun.

gideonfrost gideonfrost
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@dravack: saw it on facebook today, too. it's crazy how fast something can spread nowadays

cornellbigred cornellbigred
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RREEEEMMMIIIIIIXXXXX

kkk k k zk zk kkk k k zk zk k k zk pv pv pv zk pv pv pv zk pv pv pv zk bsch zk zk bsch pv ksch kk pv ksch kk pv ksch kk pv ksch kk bsch bsch pv bsch zk bsch zk bsch kkkkkk

bsch pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkk pv kkkk bsch bsch bsch kkkkkkkkkk bsch

kkkk zk pv bsch pv pv pv zk pv pv pv zk
kkkkk bsch kkkk bsch kkkkk bsch

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This is pretty fun :)

drchops drchops
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You can re-write these pretty much however you want..
Only a few "characters" in the language of Beatbox that I know about:

bsch
pv
zk
kk (stackable to kkkkk...)

drchops drchops
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That's really cool! I put it on the FB page Thanks

jseureau jseureau
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It's super weird because this was on my feed today too! Also, I found this:
Rudiment/instrument notation
zk = suspended cymbal
bschk = snare
pv = brush
bk = bass
tk = flam1
vk = roll tap
kt = flam2
kttp = flam tap
krp = hi hat tap
pv = short roll
th = better hi hat
thp, ds = instant rimshot

roxiirox roxiirox
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@roxiirox: Thanks, I knew there had to be more just didn't feel like finding them all..

There're actually more than that too, just found krk dsch I'm basically just running thru beatboxing and trying to spell the noises I make lol

"Dsch" is the foundaation of beatboxing lol

So more new ones:
Dsch
Krk
Thck
WHCH
Apparently new sounds can be created combining some of the root "words" lol - kinda interesting

drchops drchops
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Nov 29 2010 seems to be the origin date (no doubt by someone from google); probably an idea to allow them to get their 'usuage count' up.

I miss the dancing baby... when's he coming back?! UGACHUKA!

@dravack: Even more interesting to see what suddenly made it come back. unless it really has skipped around the world and it took that long (Internet must be slowing down if it took that long!).

adeup adeup
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@dravack: SIX DEGREES OF INKYCATZ

It's pretty crazy fast how things get around, yeah.

inkycatz inkycatz

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