pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?message-squaremessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up185
arrow-up185message-squareWhat is the best hip hop lyric of all time?pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squareRuben@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoExcept it’s not really, because it changes how the N is pronounced
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoGotcha, so it’d be “real g’s are soft like lasagna”
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoSure, but what does lasagna have to do with being silent?
minus-squarebuycurious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoIt’s a metaphor. The “g” is silent in the pronunciation of lasagna. This gives the meaning that “real gangsters” operate silently.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-28 months agoOH! Wow did I whoosh myself there. Thanks for the friendly clarification!
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!