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.
3 Comments:
ha ha ha
yes i can hear your voice saying this phrase in my head while wearing an apron that says 'domestic god' on the front
AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
Me too!
Haha I'm going to say that next time I get the chance to.
It doesn't sound as good with other food - Let's McDonald's...no...Let's Tim Hortons'...no...
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