Give'r!
This week's CBC Radio 3 podcast is one of my favourites, in large part because of Peaches' appearance on the Canadian Dictionary segment. The queen of rocktastic raunch explains the awesomeness of "give'r," a favourite of all respectable Canadians, (even if we haven't seen Fubar).
In Hong Kong, the local slang for encouragement is the Cantonese equivalent of "add oil." I'm told it has less to do with vehicles and more to do with stir-frys. Can anyone confirm this?
I had forgotten about "give'r" (which in my opinion is superior to "add oil" for its versatility) and I'm looking forward to telling my ESL friends (and students) about the new word they should know. It certainly beats bootylicious.
mp3: Peaches - "Give'r"
Photo caption: Ivy said, "Open bar? Give'r!"
give'r! what aboot that toronto hiphip "T Ode" by Abdominal?
Posted by: Darren | October 24, 2006 at 02:22 AM
Darren,
I tried to find an mp3 to upload but couldn't. Maybe I wasn't trying hard enough. Anyway, I heard that on the podcast, and felt very proud of TO, too.
Posted by: Andrea | October 24, 2006 at 02:24 AM
i was curious too, so i looked up this.
maybe the 火上加油 (add oil to the fire) is why they told you it had to do with stir fry?
Posted by: rachael | October 24, 2006 at 03:59 AM