stick it to 'em
I'm very happy to see that Chrisafer, John and Michael are campaigning for DC's new panda to be permanently called "butterstick", a name originally conceived in this very apartment, and then forced on an unsuspecting world via DCist. Okay, it's not exactly an artifact of astounding creative genius. But cmon, it's catchy. And check it out: Michael's even gotten the Mandarin script for it
Alright, so the trailing "stick" after it on his blog makes me wonder if maybe that isn't just the Mandarin for "butter". Nevertheless! We've got a graphic, which means that soon CafePress will be disgorging butterstick promotional gear by the truckload.
Bloggers: do you need an exciting meme to fill that blank, taunting blogspot page?
Tattoo enthusiasts: are you looking for another bad idea to immortalize?
People with a totally humorless respect for Chinese culture: want something to get upset about?
Then come on! Butterstick: it's catching.
Besides, if we don't act now you know we'll end up with a bear named "1000 Blessings of the Wind" or some bullshit.
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In Communist China, Butterstick names you!
Anyway, you need to Yglesias in on this campaign. He's been posting some panda cuteness watch stuff. I'm sure he'd be happy to help spread the meme (you know, assuming he's down). I'll help too!
I still maintain that Bling Bling would be a most awesome name for the new baby boy.
The character I found is just "butter." I couldn't find "stick." EJG will hopefully provide a good translation soon.
My Chinese cubemate says that it actually translates as "Milk Oil".
well, that's not too bad.
Agreed -- I meant it as a "it still needs a 'stick'" comment, not "it's a bad translation". I tried to find out the character for "stick" for you but the cubemate was not interested in aiding or abetting my procrastination.
I'm sorry, but "butterstick" conjures just one thing: the anal sex scene in Last Tango in Paris. You can't do that to a panda, and you can't name it "butterstick" either.
Butterstick: 牛油块
I think Ogged's point is less likely to end the Butterstick campaign than to get Wonkette to sign on.
and she did!
Oh, I'm thrilled with this campaign. I did a lot of posts about the whole "stick of butter" thing as a classic case of a language virus.
yeah, i think w/that third character you're much closer to butterstick than you were before (which was just butter)... but then again, i graduated chinese school at level 8, aka level of an 8-year old kid in china.
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Babel Fish says this is it - is this even close?
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