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I think it's supposed to be in reference to churchill.
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Important to note that before cars became a common middle class product, Bibedum was a fancy captain of industry (who's name reference a Roman poet). He was supposed to look like a Rich Uncle Pennybags type, deliberatly, which has just become something we all consider sinister. OwlFancier posted:I think it's supposed to be in reference to churchill. That ad is for the 1911 guide. Beelzebufo has a new favorite as of 15:41 on Nov 25, 2020 |
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Nov 25, 2020 15:38
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EL BROMANCE posted:I’ve been pronouncing them differently, so presumably this means the food people have a far more plain sounding name than I originally thought, or when I need to buy tires I need to briefly put on a French accent. What other pronunciation is there?
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Nov 25, 2020 15:44
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The Little Death posted:That ad is for the 1911 guide. Ah so churchill aspired to be the michelin man then, makes sense.
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Nov 25, 2020 15:56
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The Little Death posted:Important to note that before cars became a common middle class product, Bibedum was a fancy captain of industry (who's name reference a Roman poet). He was supposed to look like a Rich Uncle Pennybags type, deliberatly, which has just become something we all consider sinister. So, what's he toasting with there? Jagged bits of rock and metal that will cause flat tires and require people to buy new pneus? 
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Nov 25, 2020 15:59
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gleebster posted:So, what's he toasting with there? Jagged bits of rock and metal that will cause flat tires and require people to buy new pneus? yeah the french is that he is literally drinking (ie. absorbing) the obstacles in your way. It just sounds better in french.
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Nov 25, 2020 16:01
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gleebster posted:So, what's he toasting with there? Jagged bits of rock and metal that will cause flat tires and require people to buy new pneus? Wikipedia posted:The 1898 poster showed him offering the toast Nunc est bibendum to his scrawny competitors with a glass full of road hazards, with the title and the tag C'est à dire : À votre santé. Le pneu Michelin boit l'obstacle ("That is to say: Here's to your health. The Michelin tyre drinks up obstacles"). The character's glass is filled with nails and broken glass. The implication is that Michelin tyres will easily take on road hazards
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Nov 25, 2020 16:06
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xtal posted:What other pronunciation is there? The food one is softer, more Mishelin than the Mitchelin of the tire people.
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Nov 25, 2020 16:41
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xtal posted:What other pronunciation is there? It's pronounced "Michelin" Efb: well I feel foolish
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Nov 25, 2020 16:42
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Americans pronounce it so that it rhymes with "fish it in"
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Nov 25, 2020 16:55
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Chugging down a mouthful of rocks and broken glass to own your rivals is a pretty impressive power move, not gonna lie
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Nov 25, 2020 17:07
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https://twitter.com/VeryBadLlama/status/1331630704418058240 Note: "Nunc est bibendum" is the Latin for (literal) "Now it is must-drink", or "Now we must drink".
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Nov 25, 2020 17:27
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Nov 25, 2020 19:02
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Inceltown posted:Have a guillotine waiting and you've got the event of the millennium. Invite the Parthians.
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Nov 25, 2020 19:07
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EL BROMANCE posted:The food one is softer, more Mishelin than the Mitchelin of the tire people. I've never heard the latter pronunciation in either context OwlFancier posted:Ah so churchill aspired to be the michelin man then, makes sense. He succeeded in appearance at least.
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xtal posted:I've never heard the latter pronunciation in either context I was gonna say I'd always heard them pronounced the same (first syllable "mish") even before I knew they were from the same company, but apparently they use the harder "ch" sound in their own media when talking about the tires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJJxSlls-tA Narrator pronounces the tire company name in the first 17 seconds
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Nov 25, 2020 20:58
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It’s probably based on where you live. In the UK I always heard that hard ch sound, but maybe in the US it’s less prevalent. I can’t recall hearing anyone say it out loud since I lived here, knowing how fate works I’ll probably hear someone say it today.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:04
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Nov 25, 2020 22:48
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Subaru is the same way. In the US and most other places it's pronounced the (correct) Japanese way, closest to "super-roo". In Australasia for the longest time it was pronounced "su-BAH-roo". They seem to be aligning in recent ads. You can hear the differences in these videos: US pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pprfVHy2ikg&t=342s Australasian pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t94QGGxI8Ck&t=40s
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Nov 25, 2020 22:50
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minato posted:Australasian pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t94QGGxI8Ck&t=40s Completely understand why England decided to maroon all of them on a completely different continent.
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Nov 25, 2020 22:53
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EL BROMANCE posted:It’s probably based on where you live. In the UK I always heard that hard ch sound, but maybe in the US it’s less prevalent. I can’t recall hearing anyone say it out loud since I lived here, knowing how fate works I’ll probably hear someone say it today. I got the hard ch sound from watching sports car races with British announcers who always clearly say "MiTCHelin tires!" So like always its the British not knowing how words work. minato posted:Subaru is the same way. In the US and most other places it's pronounced the (correct) Japanese way, closest to "super-roo". In Australasia for the longest time it was pronounced "su-BAH-roo". They seem to be aligning in recent ads. You can hear the differences in these videos: https://youtu.be/mPRs8P3uTWs Clearly this is the correct way to say Subaru.
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Nov 25, 2020 22:56
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Skwirl posted:Completely understand why England decided to maroon all of them on a completely different continent. Let's see, you keep the lovely loving food and the lovely loving weather and we get the Great Barrier Reef and lobsters the size of canoes. I'm Jack the Ripper. Content: 
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Nov 25, 2020 23:17
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It's a beautiful day in the chromosomes and you are a horrible gender.
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Don't get me wrong, it's very clever, but I'm not sure I'd call this a good tweet...
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Nov 26, 2020 01:22
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Karia posted:Don't get me wrong, it's very clever, but I'm not sure I'd call this a good tweet... Look, I went through a lot of effort so I could use a racial slur and also appear not racist.
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Nov 26, 2020 01:36
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Memento posted:Let's see, you keep the lovely loving food and the lovely loving weather and we get the Great Barrier Reef and lobsters the size of canoes. How do you fit in canoes that small? 
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Nov 26, 2020 01:42
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they're all chinks  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 26, 2020 01:46
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A variant on this joke I hadn't seen: https://twitter.com/simaspaulikas/status/1331726061143470080
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Nov 26, 2020 02:04
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Sam Neill has added a bunch of rescued battery chickens to his flock. https://twitter.com/TwoPaddocks/status/1331763792485642241?s=20
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Nov 26, 2020 02:20
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Dick Trauma posted:Sam Neill has added a bunch of rescued battery chickens to his flock. You'd think they'd make solar power versions of them by now.
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Dick Trauma posted:Sam Neill has added a bunch of rescued battery chickens to his flock. I remember the last time I saw him with a group of dinosaurs and it got pretty dicey. Best of luck to him Edit https://twitter.com/blondgoblin/status/1331670970579505156 Mak0rz has a new favorite as of 02:56 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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Nov 26, 2020 02:51
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1stGear posted:It's a beautiful day in the chromosomes and you are a horrible gender. Not sure about this reboot of Mr Roger's Neighborhood
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Nov 26, 2020 02:58
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Mak0rz posted:I remember the last time I saw him with a group of dinosaurs and it got pretty dicey. Best of luck to him Shamelessly tagging OceanSpray. Respect.
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If only he wasn't completely wrong. Canned cranberry sauce sucks, homemode with whole berries and a bit of orange all the way. For shame.
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