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Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :

Anyone remember the Bud "Whassup" series of commericals?

I haven't done a Whassup in years. Last night I was in a sushi takeaway... my girlfriend asks for wasabi. She mis-pronounces it (although I always pronounced it the same way) and the guy doesn't understand what she's after. Eventually he figures it out and says "Wa-SAH-bi".

Reflexively, I say "Wa-SUUUUU-bi"

Quite embarassing, since no-one else had a damn clue what was going on as we fortunately don't see too much Bud out here... [Wink]

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

Wa-SAAAAAAAHHH-bi.

Right on!

Out of curiosity, how did you pronounce it?

Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :

that particular commercial is one of the funniest ever... the chefs in the back raising their knives and shouting "Wasabi" just brings me to tears everytime I picture it...

<cries>

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

How else can you pronounce "wasabi?"

"WUZ-ayebee?"

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=wasabi