Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan

On 3/14/06, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On 3/13/06, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
> > > Buying bread from a man in Brussels
> > > He was six foot four and full of muscles
> > > I said, "Do you speak my language?"
> > > And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
> >
> > *wince*
>
> Are you wincing at the thought of eating a Vegemite sandwich, or at
> the writing?  Maybe specifically at the awful "language"/"sandwich"
> rhyme?
The latter two, plus the punnish segway from original topic.

Never tried vegemite, and my culinary... taste is pretty oddball
already, so I'd be willing to. It's vegetarian after all.

> If I recall the song well enough, the singer's version of "language"
> sounds like it has an [EdZ)] on the end, making it an even worse
> rhyme; for him,  "sand wedge" would be better.  But then, instead of
> trying to figure out what the heck "chunder" means, we'd all be
> wondering what a "Vegemite sand wedge" was for.  That must be some
> freaked-out golf course, man.
*nod* I recognize the song now that I got more lyrics from it. Oddly,
people know it here - though it's practically never sung and never on
the radio that I can think of.

FWIW, I've always heard it sung as "men plunder" not "chunder". WTF is
"chunder"?

> > I'm sure my Australian friend would get a kick out of it though.
>
> S/he's quite possibly already familiar with it, depending on age...
I'm sure she is. I meant just as the followup joke.

 - Sai