Tuesday, January 30, 2018

time to learn some slang!

Vanity Fair has a series of cute videos on YouTube in which various stars teach us regional slang terms from their native lands.

Here's über-Scottish Gerard Butler with Scots slang:


Margot Robbie with Aussie slang:


Mark Wahlberg with Boston slang:


And thanks to Steve Honeywell (visit his excellent movie-review blog here), we have the lurvely Salma Hayek giving us examples of Mexican slang:


There's more. Go dig!





6 comments:

SJHoneywell said...

How can you post these without including Salma Hayek?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2BlqlR4a7A

Kevin Kim said...

Added! Thanks.

Charles said...

Ah, Massholes. The Boston slang brings me back, but they totally should have had Mahk from Zebra Corner do that one, even if he isn't a big actor.

Kevin Kim said...

Charles,

I'm now educating myself on who "Mahk" is. Thanks.

Charles said...

My pleasure. Mahk is awesome.

The Chevy commercials embedded in that article are great, but I've always had a soft spot for his Discover card customer service one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECZQ7qzGbUY

Yes, it's crude, but it makes me laugh every time.

Kevin Kim said...

That was hilarious.