Lost in translation – NO! Pope is not on drugs

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Kim Kardashian, who is famous for being famous, is incurring the wrath of Argentina’s catholics, after sharing her thoughts on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United States.

Her tweet “the Pope is dope” caused some confusion on a news website in Argentina where it was mistranslated as “the Pope is drugs”.

An Argentinian columnist asks “What could Kim be referring to? Without a doubt, this couldn’t be positive. How do you interpret her message?”

He is presuming that Kim Kardashian’s tweets need make any sense. Continue reading

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