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Cheeky nandos (lemmy.world)
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[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 208 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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"

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago

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

[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] egrets@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] wunami@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

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[-] insight06@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What the hell does this say

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 14 points 1 week 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"

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Dam, I really thought naughty nandos was day drinking (or drinking at a otherwise less than appropriate time).

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 22 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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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[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

The brits no longer get to claim the English language.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

The drunks want chicken. S'not Italian.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 1 week ago

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

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

Give yourself some credit: it is ESL

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[-] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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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[-] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 47 points 1 week 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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[-] ech@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

[-] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 11 points 1 week ago

why is his mate an arch bishop?

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 38 points 1 week ago

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

[-] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 7 points 1 week ago

oooh that's funny

[-] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago

Cuz he’s an absolute ledge, brevs.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

got is bants pants on

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[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 1 week ago

S-tier shit post.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

That clears it up perfectly! Thank you!

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Genuine question, is this hard to understand as an American? I'm a non native English speaker who's met British people before and there's, like, 2 references in there I didn't catch, but otherwise, you can figure, no?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I had trouble with the references to JD, 'Spoons, and Nandos because I'm not familiar with UK retail and restaurant chains.

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[-] ignoble_stigmas@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I had some colleagues from UK, who talked like that from time to time between themselves. God knows how many cheeky beers we had.

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