Occhei, riconosco che non è molto natalizio, ma tant’è.
Dovete sapere che a Auckland esiste un ristorante che si chiama Pompino. Ho provato a vedere in rete se c’era una spiegazione di come è stato dato quel nome, e ne ho trovate due: peccato che mi suonino entrambe come bufala.
Ipotesi 1: John Drinnan, 5 settembre 2003. “In Auckland an Englishman and his Filipino partner run a restaurant Pompino­ an amalgamation of Pom and Filipino, apparently unaware the word was Italian slang for a sexual act.”
Ipotesi 2: noizyblog. “A recently opened central Auckland restaurant has left a bad taste with Italian teacher Arduina Cortesi. She says she was horrified to see the name Pompino, a vulgar term for oral sex on the Queen St restaurant, opposite the Ferry Building. Thinking the proprietors had made a mistake she rang the owner and found he ‘not only knew but thought it was a huge joke and when I suggested otherwise he put the phone down’.
The council told Ms Cortesi it had no jurisdiction over restaurant names.”
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Ultimo aggiornamento: 2003-12-25 20:07