It turns out it’s a big fire in Boston…

  • ZDL@lazysoci.al
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    7 days ago

    🤷‍♀️

    Still doesn’t make any sense. This might need spelling out.

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      7 days ago

      Non-native (Dutch) here. Here goes: Lama with one L will refer to the Dalai Lama. Llama is the animal. But if you say ‘three el lama’ in a Boston accent it will sound like a ‘three-alarmer’, which is probably shorthand lingo for a three alarm fire.

      • bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de
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        7 days ago

        Thank you Peter, well explained! Not sure why this would be Boston-specific (unless that’s the only place where they call a very big emergency a 3-alarmer).

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          7 days ago

          Other places would say 3-alarmer or 3-alarm fire, meaning a fire that needs 3 engines to put out.

          The guys who say pahk the cah at Hahvahd yahd would say 3-ah lah mah.

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            7 days ago

            Wow, this joke really fell flat 🤣

            never heard of a 3 alarmer