¡Di whiskey! Say cheese!

Question

This really made me laugh!

Where do you say di whiskey??

En España :

¡Di patata!

Answer 1

In Cataluña too also

Luiiiiiiiiiiiiis

• di Luis?????? jejejej, chica luego decis que no sois raros!!! lol - Heidita Feb 26, 2010
• see, thats what I mean with the fancy stuff xDD - Zizoun Feb 26, 2010
• jajajaja - Benz Feb 26, 2010
• The people in Catalonia are very creative jajaja - melipiru Feb 26, 2010
• I loved the Luis one, jejejejej, still laughing! - Heidita Mar 1, 2010

Answer 2

I think is because when you say whiskey your mouth ends in a position likely when you smile xD

Day by day the fancy habits in our society are taking away the traditional ones. It's a pity for me

• traditional habits?? patata was never a traditional habit in Argentina Zizoun... they are just different places, different cultures, different customs... :) - Benz Feb 26, 2010
• Yea but I heard them between the people around me because they say it is more fancy instead of using the old traditions in Spain hehe, wasn't talking about other places :P - Zizoun Feb 26, 2010
• really?? jajaja - Benz Feb 26, 2010
• Of course jeje, ask someone from the age between 15-25 what they rather say when you are gonna make a picture of them, patata or whiskey? whiskey sounds more cool for them xD - Zizoun Feb 26, 2010
• No hablemos de palabras raras sin tener en cuenta como hablamos por allí abajo.OZU...jejeje:)) - melipiru Feb 26, 2010

Answer 3

In Argentina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jajajajajaja

We say: Digan whiskey!!!!!!!

• ves!!!! jejejejej, genial, en España ni se entendería - Heidita Feb 26, 2010
• another difference to take note of... :)) - Benz Feb 26, 2010
• lo que pasa es que los argentinos somos unos borrachos y las patatas engordan jajaja - juluque Feb 26, 2010
• jajaja muy buena juluque xD al final la gente dice que diciendo patata se sienten paletos... xD - Zizoun Feb 26, 2010
• que significa peletos Zizoun? - Benz Feb 26, 2010
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Answer 4

My uncle was a professional photographer and I still remember his hallmark expression. He was the obvious choice of photographer at family reunions, so I heard it dozens of times. It was extremely funny when I was a kid, which I suppose was the point... To make you smile. I still smile thinking back on the memories. He would say:

Everybody say Fuzzy Pickles!

• en serio?????? jejejeje - Heidita Feb 26, 2010
• That's creative! I've never heard anyone say it but it made me smile just reading it. :) - alba3 Feb 26, 2010
• jaja ok, I'm smiling now lol - hlsbookworm Feb 26, 2010

Answer 5

i dont get it... (?)

Answer 6

When you take a photo, you say "say cheese" and in Spanish:

¡Di patata!

Answer 7

They say, "Di whiskey" in Mexico, too.

• jeje, al final los raros somos los españoles, lol - Heidita Feb 26, 2010
• Nooooooooooo... la "madre patria" never!!!! jaja - Benz Feb 26, 2010

Answer 8

In Serbian, we say "Birdie!"

• the same in Lithuania - swing Apr 13, 2010

Answer 9

lo que pasa que en argentina no se dice patatas para nada, se dice papas y eso no hace sonreír.

• Mi madre que es del sur de España (concretamente Jaén) usan 'papas' bastante :) - Zizoun Feb 26, 2010
• if you say patatas in argentina, people may think you are talkign about sweet potatoes. [ Batatas] - juluque Feb 26, 2010

Answer 10

There is a very funny scene in the Japanese film "Tokyo Monogatari" ("Tokyo Story) from the '50s directed by Ozu Yasujiro, in which during a group photo, a (somewhat "old-fashioned") Japanese man says "butter" (instead of "cheese") which results (with Japanese pronunciation) in a quite sever (if not scowling) expression. Both butter and cheese being considered "foreign" foods by the Japanese (and Chinese and, probably, the rest of the Asian countries), his confusion is understandable.

Answer 11

I learned that one in Mexico City

Answer 12

This could also be an English pronunciation problem.

Di whiskey is in di store, but I don't have di money to buy it.