烤肉與烤車 Bar-B-Q vs Car-B-Que
2012/07/13 11:56
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語言文字是活的，靈活靈現的英語可是個中翹楚!
今午(7/12)下午一位同事發出一封電子郵件(英語)，如下：
Subject: Car-b-que
There was a car fire on 270 N by Falls Road exit in the local lanes reported about 20 minutes ago. Per someone who just drove by the incident about 5 minutes ago, it’s in the cleanup stage but may cause you some delay if you are heading up that way in the near future.
原來是公司附近的道路上出了車禍，車子起火了。電子郵件的主題是’Car-b-que’，借自’Bar-b-que’，烤肉成了烤車！
Bar-B-Q(烤肉)有許多變化寫法，如Barbecue,Bar-be-que,BBQ,Bar-B-Q,Barbie，只要音對，似乎都對。車子起火(火燒車)，聯想到烤肉(火燒肉) ，Car-b-que與Bar-b-que僅一字母之差，Car-b-que音意又是Car be queue(車要排隊了)。
真是神來之筆、經典之作！
文字的妙用，會令(聰明)人會心一笑，當然，也可能令(固執)人會錯意，而生誤解!
呵呵...
今午(7/12)下午一位同事發出一封電子郵件(英語)，如下：
Subject: Car-b-que
There was a car fire on 270 N by Falls Road exit in the local lanes reported about 20 minutes ago. Per someone who just drove by the incident about 5 minutes ago, it’s in the cleanup stage but may cause you some delay if you are heading up that way in the near future.
原來是公司附近的道路上出了車禍，車子起火了。電子郵件的主題是’Car-b-que’，借自’Bar-b-que’，烤肉成了烤車！
Bar-B-Q(烤肉)有許多變化寫法，如Barbecue,Bar-be-que,BBQ,Bar-B-Q,Barbie，只要音對，似乎都對。車子起火(火燒車)，聯想到烤肉(火燒肉) ，Car-b-que與Bar-b-que僅一字母之差，Car-b-que音意又是Car be queue(車要排隊了)。
真是神來之筆、經典之作！
文字的妙用，會令(聰明)人會心一笑，當然，也可能令(固執)人會錯意，而生誤解!
呵呵...
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1樓. 芝茵2012/07/14 11:51BBQ restaurant
Car-B-Que is popular and can be found beyond US highways ..
See photos in http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20386 , as an example. Some have turned train caboose into BBQ restaurants. Maybe the idea will catch on in Asia -- if not already?
