delet... Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I don't see teh funny. The American dialect have different words for things? Same with Aussies and Kiwis... 0:35 It's throw another prawn in the barbie. for fucks sake. I have never once heard this phrase uttered in all my time here yes, my point is that we call what the americans call shrimps, prawns. This is what erks me so much about this. And then the other day there was a poster advertising something or other and they used that expression 'throw another shrimp on the barbie' but not ironically in fact it was used for it's jingoistic association. Something deep inside me seethed that the marketing people that dreamed up that poster had .... meh whatever i'm getting my headache back, time to watch anime and waste another day of precious holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I kno dat feel lol classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I don't see teh funny. The American dialect have different words for things? Same with Aussies and Kiwis... 0:35 It's throw another prawn in the barbie. for fucks sake. I have never once heard this phrase uttered in all my time here yes, my point is that we call what the americans call shrimps, prawns. This is what erks me so much about this. And then the other day there was a poster advertising something or other and they used that expression 'throw another shrimp on the barbie' but not ironically in fact it was used for it's jingoistic association. Something deep inside me seethed that the marketing people that dreamed up that poster had .... meh whatever i'm getting my headache back, time to watch anime and waste another day of precious holiday. but shrimp and prawn are distinct species. If you're calling a shrimp a prawn that's like calling a horse a giraffe. They're different animals =S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 The US uses the term shrimp for both prawn and shrimp. Shrimp as per the name is a smaller species. PRAWN shrimp .. If you tried to throw a shrimp on the barbie it would fall through onto the fire below. Of course i can understand why the word was used in the paul hogan ad, it was because they were marketing to the US and they wouldn't know what a prawn was. It's typical US pigeon english continuing on through time due to their stubbornness. Like calling scones biscuits and biscuits cookies and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 The US uses the term shrimp for both prawn and shrimp. Shrimp as per the name is a smaller species. PRAWN shrimp .. If you tried to throw a shrimp on the barbie it would fall through onto the fire below. Of course i can understand why the word was used in the paul hogan ad, it was because they were marketing to the US and they wouldn't know what a prawn was. It's typical US pigeon english continuing on through time due to their stubbornness. Like calling scones biscuits and biscuits cookies and so on. Why can't people just call things what they are? You eat a biscuit, you call it a biscuit. Why call it a scone when it's a biscuit? what the... lol I'm going to start calling stuff other stuff and just hope it sticks for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's throw another prawn in the barbie. for fucks sake. "Try me muthafuckaz" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's throw another prawn in the barbie. for fucks sake. "Try me muthafuckaz" I wonder if it turns orange when you cook it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Again with the americans calling things other things for the sake of being different. To us it's the eye of the storm, in american it is the anus of the storm. classic yes. ;-p :: E|-; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Again with the americans calling things other things for the sake of being different. To us it's the eye of the storm, in american it is the anus of the storm. classic yes. ;-p :: E|-; lol Yeah you're right, the shrimp thing in the U.S. is basically a lazy idiom. On the other hand in we called the same species of cat 40 different names, including: cougar, puma, mountain lion. English is just, like, totally wack yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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baph Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 If you tried to throw a shrimp on the barbie it would fall through onto the fire below. Have your people not yet discovered the skewer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 the term we are discussing is not "throw a skewered row of shrimps on the barbie" now is it baph. /comedy skewer attack attempt by baph unrecoverable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zkom Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 "Man is the warmest place to hide" sounds a little bit too much like a gay porn tagline. Edit: Also, "The Thing".. oh god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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delet... Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 It's to visual aid to remind any potential girlfriends coming over, the obvious downsides of dog ownership. Might as well nip that problem in the bud. The opposite wall has an open used babies nappy placed inside an infinity mirror box with a video feed of the inside screened on it's exterior, (the box helps mitigate smell, but if an argument about babies erupts, some leaks out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 ^ yup, it's a fave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zkom Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yeah and every fucking male character in the He-Man universe looks like that, excepting the weirdo Orko. Even the one that should be a skeleton, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 commence old timey watmm mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I love this. flol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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