While you’re all mulling over boobs ice, I’m wondering where the hell in Japan they list their prices without the tax included.
That is the tax included price. If there’s only one number it has to be the tax included one by law. Most restaurants don’t list both prices on the menu. You usually see both prices in places like supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores.
Then what is the purpose of the “(without tax)” text under every price?
I love seeing my alma mater represented. ❤️
That’s the literal translation, yes.
oppai aisu = boobs ice (oppai is boobs)
meron shaabetto = Mellon sherbet
daigaku imo aisu = university potato ice (daigaku is university, imo is potato. The kanjis literally translate to that, but it really means baked sweet potato.)
And approx $1.50 for ice cream is a hell of a good deal.
meron shaabetto sounds like a made up racist pronounciation
You’d be surprised to learn how many English word are in their vocabulary and how they pronounce in the “Japanese” way because of their alphabet.
The word for ice cream in Japanese is aisu (ice) because if they had to say aisu kuriimu all the time it would be too long and they use a native Japanese word for ice (kōri). Also they love shortening loanwords especially (like how Starbucks (sutaabakusu) becomes sutaba or First Kitchen becomes fakkin lol).
The “University of potato ice” is a real thing, or at least it’s natural when separated from ice cream. A university potato is fried sweet potatoes covered with a syrup. Wikipedia says the origin of the name is unclear, and maybe it was invented at one university or maybe just students of a certain university really liked it.
However, the “boobs ice (cream)” is translated correctly and I don’t think it means anything else. Seems especially odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.
I bet your buns boobs ice cream is just two scoops that look like boobs
they love shortening loanwords
when I do this, I get xenoglossophobic downranked.
When tourists do this, “it’s cute, adorable, hahaha they can’t say ‘sherbet’🍧”odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.
Sexism is ingrained there😔Sexism is ingrained there😔
Yeah to a certain extent, but at least this seems on the level of “ladies’ night” or “first drink free for ladies” type thing
still a sexist thing to do. I rather make it an promotional challenge or something to get them to come back with more customers. e.g.
“Wearing sherbet hats get 150¥ discount!” “Parties of 6+ get discounts!” “Catering orders are 15% off!”
The couples things is a big turn off too.still a sexist thing to do.
it’s an incentive to make an underrepresented demographic integrate into the locale.
“Male shalt pay in silence”
is that even a mistranslation? The little Japanese I know is telling me it’s accurate
The university of potato ice is actually just daigaku imo ice cream. Other than that it seems accurate. Oppai ice is a real thing.
You went to MIT
I went to the University of Potato
We are not the sameIce ice booby