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Anita — Wonderful interview! And for your valiant promotion of contemporary cuisine invented in the 1990 European City of Culture, you have earned your ticket to The Displaced Nation. I don’t know if the chicken tikka masala claim is true, but who cares? Better that Scotland be remembered for Glasgow’s CTM than Aberdeen’s DFMB — the Deep Fried Mars Bar. Spread the word, and widely!
Thank you, K. Allison. ML did the interview and I just answered her somewhat difficult questions 😀 I’d totally forgotten about the deep-fried Mars bar! It’s one of my favourites, although every time I mention it to a Scotsperson, s/he will cringe and remind me that it’s incredibly unhealthy. But who cares, I love, love, love it! 😀
Anita, as you know, as soon as you told me you were proposing the word “bollocks” for The Displaced Nation argot, I knew you belonged here. Such a bold linguistic step for a young Indonesian woman to take. No wonder your hubby was impressed. Welcome!
Lol, ML. And imagine that after learning how rude the word bollocks is, I heard it mentioned and said at 6 AM breakfast TV program in Australia!! I almost fell of my chair and called my husband and said: “Look, look, she said ‘bollocks’!”
Actually we just saw a billboard in Perth with the word “bugger,” too. I guess Australia is a different place altogether!
Hi Anita, thanks for the interview. As an 11 year old I had no idea bollocks was rude word too. I’d just heard other kids using it and from the context always assumed it was a synonym for “rubbish.” I then said it in front of the parish priest – he wasn’t too happy with me and I got in quite a bit of trouble.
Awindram: well, I’m glad I’m not the only one! 😀
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