Lost in Translation

So Iโ€™m watching the local Univision channel, an a commercial for Sonic comes up. They highlight their milkshake flavors: โ€œChocolate. (Pronounced choc-o-la-tay, of course.) Fresa. Peanut butter.โ€

Maybe this works better if you hear it.

2 thoughts on “Lost in Translation

  1. It must, because I still can’t figure out what I’m supposed to laugh at, shake my head at, or cry over here.

  2. As Ulrika put it, โ€œAh. The translation of โ€˜peanut butterโ€™ is โ€˜peanut butterโ€™!โ€ (As opposed to what happens to chocolate or strawberry.)

    I bet the French have an official translated term of some sort. Whether anyone uses itโ€ฆ

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