Wednesday, July 15, 2009

An incomprehensible English phrase

Every day I eat lunch at the "Univer City" Cafe with my Russian language comrades. And every day I am served lunch by a waitress wearing a black shirt with the following written on the front in English: "We must eat our suckers with the wrappers on." Over the course of my brief stay here in Siberia, I have been struggling to understand what this might possibly mean. Perhaps there is some deeper esoteric significance. In any event, it gives me something to muse about during grammar class... I mean - as I walk home from school to meet my fate chez Konyshevs.
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  1. Al'ExodusJuly 15, 2009 at 9:06 AM

    Why don't you ask the waitress? I am intrigued by the phrase, as well.

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  2. BELAJuly 15, 2009 at 11:09 AM

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  3. BELAJuly 15, 2009 at 11:10 AM

    Sounds like Rushglish to me. That's when Russians who don't really speak English make up cool sounding phrases with the aid of a dictionary. Its all the craze in Asia! You should check out Engrish.com Its full of charmers like that.

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  4. SkipJuly 15, 2009 at 5:26 PM

    It is likely an estoric phrase conjured up by the dental association designed to prevent tooth decay.

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  5. Alia NystromJuly 16, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    It sounds to me like something along the lines of "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade"

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