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Cheeky nandos (lemmy.world)

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[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 205 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Translation:

It is hard to explain my friend.

It is as if one day you'll be with your friends, browsing in JD Sports (sports shop) and you fancy a curry from the "curry club" menu at Wetherspoons (a nationwide chain of drinking establishments that serve "pub" style food).

However your friend who is male, called Callum, who is also an absolute legend and the epitome of banter (friendly and humerous conversation of a non-serious manner) will say "Brethren (an old fashioned way of referring to a friend you consider a brother) let's have a naughty Nandos (a chain restaurant that specialises in Peri Peri style chicken) instead"

Consequently you will think "Most excellent, let's go there and excel at the process of ordering and eating food"

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 55 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unsolicited peer review time...

browsing in JD Sports (sports shop)

*trainer shop, let's be realistic

from the "curry club" menu

The Thursday specials, to be specific.

called Callum

*Calum

Brethren (an old fashioned way of referring to a friend you consider a brother)

This comes from Jamaican Patois, it's not just a memetic imitation of Early Modern English.

No further notes.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cheers bruv.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Im not your bruv, fam

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I ain't your fam, blud.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I ain't no blud, mandem

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 64 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I need you to do the subtitles when I watch British shows.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Hit me up fam, I'll do you a solid.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Absolute ledge

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[–] insight06@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

What the hell does this say

[–] bstix 14 points 4 days ago

It is as if one day you're in the mall, and you feel a little hungry for tikka masala, but your friend who is an absolute legend and your brother, asks if you want chicken tandoori instead and you say "haan let us eat it"

[–] wunami@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You've translated but original question of what a cheeky Nandos is remains. So cheeky translates to naughty? And naughty is a type of Nandos food? Is there non-naughty Nandos? Or are they eating it in a naughty way? Or is Nandos somehow naughtier than curry from Wetherspoons?

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My apologies no it isn't a type of food there, it is naughty in the terms of being indulgent or impulsive and is more of a turn of phrase that is often used in "lad culture" over here, which is sort of like a parallel to a "frat bro" in US culture. Think obnoxious, loud sometimes aggressive groups of guys.

Cheeky in this sense was in the past more often used in terms of alcoholic beverages so often people would use it to say things like "Do you fancy getting a cheeky pint after work". More modern usage it is often used to refer to food as well as drink and in the case of "cheeky nandos" will quite often be used by aforementioned "lads" when they have already had a few drinks and want to go and indulge in some chicken before going out and getting shit faced for the night.

Tldr: It is a turn of phrase used to mean indulging in an impulsive meal from the restaurant chain "Nandos"

[–] fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, so it's like kebab, something solid to fill you fast so you can get properly shitfaced.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Yeh pretty much -

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[–] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 46 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

I'm calling foul. There's no way an absolute ledge would call it "the Spoons". It's just "Spoons".

Not that I'd drink there, mind. Fucking Brexit Arms.

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago (9 children)

The brits no longer get to claim the English language.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nando's is a South African multinational fast casual restaurant chain that specialises in Portuguese flame-grilled, peri-peri style chicken. The name is derived from a nickname for the male given name Fernando in reference to one of the company's founders, as in Fernando's restaurant. Founded in Johannesburg in 1987.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I think the big point of confusion is why it's cheeky to go to this restaurant.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 22 points 4 days ago

"cheeky" is a bit like a little treat. Something you shouldn't do, but isn't a big deal

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As the other commentator said, it's a bit of a "treat yoself" moment for a fast food chain thing that's surprisingly good.

Though, when I was there, nobody actually called it a cheeky nandos, it was just "let's go to Nandos".

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 47 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The drunks want chicken. S'not Italian.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Basically yeah

It's a quick in-and-out kebab place. You're not necessarily getting a normal meal, youre just popping in for a quick bite of chicken

Cheeky = playfully naughty more or less

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I feel like it’s one of those things where as a native speaker you really should be able to understand it but if you’re ESL it’s fucking nightmare zone of slang and strong accents.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm American and living in the UK, it's just as hard as if I was ESL

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Give yourself some credit: it is ESL

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[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Never thought I'd see the day that Australian English sticks closer to proper English than British English

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 47 points 4 days ago

mate 'struth eh? One arvo your pissing around with your mates at JB browsing heaps and you might fancy a durry and flat white from HJs but ol' mate Dazza who's a shitcunt and the PM of piss-takes will be like 'bruz let's have a cheeky nandos" and you'll reckon "Mad. Let's fang it"

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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is a quote from a horror story. I'm annoyed that I can't seem to find it with a search, or remember the title or author. It's a good story. It goes on like this, iterating through more and more awful Nandos-based scenarios without ever losing the Chav speech patterns.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Hmm. Maybe the quote came first. There's a lot more hits for it than for the story.

[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Thank you, Laszlo.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"archbishop of banterbury" really got me. Top shelf.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

wif...

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I just sent this to a couple of British friends of mine to translate

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I'm British, let me do you the honour:

"Gesib, hit is earfoð þæt to secgenne. Hƿilum þū eart mid þīnum ƿinuman ƿandigende beforan JD’s ceapstōre, and þū miht ƿilnian þæs cires-clybbe æt þǣm Spōnum, ac þīn gefera Calum – þæt is ānhoga and hlāford beþēahte drycra – þæt ealdor of Banterbury, ƿill secgan: 'Brōðras, ƿuton gān to þǣm scēadan Nando’s.' And þū ƿilt secgan: 'Þæt is tōp! ƿuton hit tōsmiþian!'"

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 4 days ago

S-tier shit post.

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[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

why is his mate an arch bishop?

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Archbishop of Canterbury, but "banter" instead of "Canter" because he's good at banter

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[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Cuz he’s an absolute ledge, brevs.

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