let's pizza!
my friend ari is currently in japan, and mentioned "let's pizza!" as an example of the often mangled and documented written english found there. however, i am a big fan of the phrase.
the use of pizza as a verb is something a marketer would spend days trying to invent, but which occurs here by mistranslation. the verb "to pizza" conveys not only the act of buying and eating, but a sense of celebration and indulgence in a foreign and exotic food. pizza becomes an act, perhaps even a way of life.
the use of pizza as a verb is something a marketer would spend days trying to invent, but which occurs here by mistranslation. the verb "to pizza" conveys not only the act of buying and eating, but a sense of celebration and indulgence in a foreign and exotic food. pizza becomes an act, perhaps even a way of life.
posted by lucio de capio de luci at 10:31 AM
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