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[–] 207 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (30 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"

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  • [–] [S] 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 55 points 1 year ago (8 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ok, now you're just writing random strings of letters...

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Mandem's basically in American English as well, we just say it a little different. It's a shortening of man and them, as in your boys. As Vince Staples says "know a change gone come like Obama 'n them say, but they're shooting every day round my mama 'n them way".

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (9 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?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (6 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"

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

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