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Hot dog doesn’t sound tasty (curiously, in Brazil, we translated it literally from the term in English).
by soneca 3y ago
Hot dog doesn’t sound tasty (curiously, in Brazil, we translated it literally from the term in English).
- quickthrower2 3y agoThanks, I rate this the best example so far. As a native speaker, if I weren’t used to it, it would be super weird! Especially as dogs are supposed to be our closest pets.
- bamfly 3y agoI don't think "hot dog" naturally sounds tasty to native English speakers, either. Like, I think if you could somehow find an adult native English speaker who didn't already know what a hot dog is, and told them you'd invented a new meat food product and planned to name it "hot dog", they'd be like "WTF, ew, no, gross". I think we just usually learn it early enough that we don't tend to think much about what the words mean individually. More like it's one word that just means the meat product, or same product on a bun.
- quickthrower2 3y agoYour points are why it is a perfect example.
- ChrisClark 3y agoWhen my son was little and eating a hot dog I asked him what animal it was from. He cheerfully announced, "puppies!"