See, in Spanish, ‘No va’ means, like, ‘doesn’t go’
Just the facts:
- On the A4 outside Verona, Italy
- In most European languages, /u/ is pronounced like /oo/ in English
- Michael Manske at The Glory of Carniola maintains a category called “Things you probably won’t see in the U.S.”
- Ballpark Franks
® found that ‘girthy’ was not the most appealing catch-phrase for their frankfurter product - Woody Harrelson does not eat cooked frankfurters. Or indeed any frankfurters.
- In South America there is a brand of frozen hamburger patties called Barfy
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September 14th, 2006 at 18.18 MDT+2.00
Who is now and forever going to associate the word “girthy” with frankfurters? Me. That’s who.
September 15th, 2006 at 14.21 MDT+2.00
Sure that “Wudy” is not just the truckdriver’s own concoction? A braggadocio of the Italian roads! It’s got to be quite demoralizing for a guy driving behind this traile. The truckdriver is boasting of his frankfurter and his big truck;you’re stuck behind him with your…uhmmm..smaller vehicle.