pruwybentoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish·7 months agoWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?message-squarearrow-up190arrow-down111message-square137fedilink
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?pruwybentoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish·7 months agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squaretetris11arrow-up6arrow-down2·7 months agoedit-27 months agolinkfedilinkI don’t get it. What is lasagna, here?
minus-squareLastJudgementarrow-up13arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkThe “G” in “Lasagna” is silent
minus-squareRubenarrow-up6arrow-down2·7 months agolinkfedilinkExcept it’s not really, because it changes how the N is pronounced
minus-squareall-knight-partyarrow-up9arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkGotcha, so it’d be “real g’s are soft like lasagna”
minus-squaretetris11arrow-up4arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkSure, but what does lasagna have to do with being silent?
minus-squarebuycuriousEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s a metaphor. The “g” is silent in the pronunciation of lasagna. This gives the meaning that “real gangsters” operate silently.
minus-squaretetris11arrow-up11arrow-down0·7 months agoedit-27 months agolinkfedilinkOH! Wow did I whoosh myself there. Thanks for the friendly clarification!
I don’t get it. What is lasagna, here?
The “G” in “Lasagna” is silent
Except it’s not really, because it changes how the N is pronounced
Gotcha, so it’d be “real g’s are soft like lasagna”
Sure, but what does lasagna have to do with being silent?
It’s a metaphor.
The “g” is silent in the pronunciation of lasagna.
This gives the meaning that “real gangsters” operate silently.
OH! Wow did I whoosh myself there. Thanks for the friendly clarification!