eggplant

Cess!

Hey. If we can have Foodie, Tunie, Poetrie, and Excrementie*, then we might as well have Dialectie, I say.

*Totally madeupical. See chained_bear.

P.S. Thanks, Pro!

Asativum can now comment: cess*!

*Exactly the same as jeez.

La milinzana in forru
è bona e assai licchitta
è megliu di la fava
più bona di l'anghidda
ma ssi è cundidda bè
cun agliu e pebaroni
ti frizzi un bè ra ganna
la mirinzana la mirinzana
ti frizzi un bè ra ganna
la mirinzana, dirundundà.

reesetee, this isn't Dialectie, you know.

Pro, that's delightful! Can you give us those lyrics in your hometown dialect, too? :-)

Oh, and yarb -- your earworm-fu is strong. You've pretty much ensured that Elton John will play in my head for the next few hours. :-)

I've known for some years now that aubergine and courgette are the British English words for what we Americans call eggplant and zucchini. But I can never seem to remember which American word goes with which British word. Mention aubergines to me, and I'll know you're talking about some sort of garden vegetable, but my comprehension ends there.

I did, yes. But I trust it was artistic license on the folk that wrote this song. If not, I would like to vigorously disclaim all responsibility. I blame Capsicum frutescens entirely.

And good to know what I said. I love the phrase. I may have to use it sometime. I assume it's pronounced more or less like Italian? And while I'm at it, where is your region?

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You made my day!
It's "out of my head", meaning awesome in Sassarese.
I love you Asa.

By the way, did you notice that this song is also about you?

Fora di gabbu!!!

OK, I have no idea what that means, but it's on the video comments and sounded cool.

Here you can listen to the song*.

*Yes, Depeche Mode. People from my hometown have a passion for video-editing and dubbing. One of the most popular local TV programs was based on re-dubbing famous movies in our dialect.

My goodness. I never even knew a song about eggplants existed, much less a rowdy one.

I may have to reevaluate Solanum melongena.

Baked eggplants
are good and worth liplicking
Better then broad beans
Much better than eels
But if well seasoned
With garlic and chili
They make your ass sting
The eggplants, the eggplants
They make your ass sting
The eggplants, "dirundundà".

This page is becoming nicely chaotic. I'd like to thank all those who have taken the time to plant eggs.

Lyrics please!

I love aubergines. Have you read the novels of Aubergine Waugh?

Last thought before going to bed:
The most famous popular song in my hometown's dialect is about eggplants. If you want the lyrics, ask me tomorrow.

God can do anything.

Ergo, She can be stir-fried.

:( This kind of overthinking could destroy my love affair with an otherwise perfectly good vegetable (or fruit).

:( This kind of overthinking could destroy my love affair with an otherwise perfectly good vegetable (or fruit).

Goodbye Aubergine;
though I never knew you at all...

Can you imagine a vegetable name (OK, fruit name) less appetizing than "eggplant" or one more enticingly savory than "aubergine?"

More people would probably eat eggplant if we'd quit calling it that.

I think about it every night* and day
Trim my wings and fry away.

(*Night, especially.)

Bit oily for me. I much prefer curried God.

Earworm!

I believe I can fry
I believe I can touch the sky.

It's just a short step away from eating body of Christ.

I had no idea you could stir-fry God.

*contemplating*

God or eggplants, kewpid?

They are ridiculously yummy stir-fried in some olive oil.

I too believe in eggplants.

I'm not sure, but I ardently believe the latter.

My Latin is rusty. Is that "Out of eggplants, God"? Or just "God jumped out of an eggplant"?

Deus ex aubergina.

Eggplant plant plant plants plants.

(A spy in the aubergine works starts his own garden.)

Truly, they do belong in the weirdness league.

I saw a photo of a white eggplant once, and suddenly it all became clear, why eggplant deserves to be in the weirdness league.

I decided years ago that eggplants are so beautiful and interesting that I would force myself to keep making eggplant dishes until I found some that I liked. It worked. Now I love the stuff. :)

eggplant, aubergine and brinjal are all the same vegetable yeah?

I'm all verklempt

Talk amongst yourselves! I'll give you a topic, eggplants are neither eggs nor plants. Discuss!

Neither an egg, nor a plant.