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I know that you mean something else, but lifeguards and barbie means something slightly different in American English (i.e. not a food thing).
by WillisWayde 5y ago
I know that you mean something else, but lifeguards and barbie means something slightly different in American English (i.e. not a food thing).
- ggm 5y agoInternational English is breaking down
- donthellbanme 5y agoBarbie=barbecue right?
- brimble 5y agoYeah, that's not obscure in American English, because it's one of a handful of Australian words that've made it into phrases we'll say when we're trying to mimic Australian English, i.e. "throw another shrimp on the barbie".
- ggm 5y agoExcept we don't say shrimp: that was translated when Paul Hogan did the advert.