3237: Husband and Wife
| Husband and Wife |
 Title text: Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow. |
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As a UKian, the most obvious reference here is Papa Lazarou in The League of Gentlemen. I assume that's not what Randall has in mind though (is LoG even a thing in the US?), and I have no idea what he might be thinking of. 82.13.184.33 15:37, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- Hello Dave! You want to buy some pegs 2A02:C7C:AD6D:1900:643A:9B89:E674:2F22 17:42, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- It's in the title text: the movie "Borat". The title character's way of saying "my wife" became an earworm. Google it. Barmar (talk) 15:43, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- Ah - OK - don't think the title text was appearing when I was initially looking at it. Found it now. Doesn't mean anything to me. Papa Lazarou is still more salient, and much worse. 82.13.184.33 15:46, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- I immediately thought of Kimura-sensei from Azumanga Daioh. 70.40.121.82 16:03, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, does anyone actually use 'my wife/husband'? I've never heard about it before. Is it an American thing or something? GSLikesCats307 (talk) 18:41, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- In the UK it's more normal to use expressions such as "my better half" when talking about your spouse to somebody that doesn't know them, other than in that role 2A02:C7C:AD6D:1900:643A:9B89:E674:2F22 17:45, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- To me (an American), the phrases "my husband" and "my wife" are so common and ordinary that I'm surprised to hear someone say they've never heard them before. Out of curiosity, where is it that people don't say things like "I went to that restaurant with my wife once," and what do they say instead (assuming that the person being spoken to doesn't know the wife's name)? --2601:404:C300:8040:7A4A:8D8C:3378:DA33 19:35, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
Gay 47.28.76.207 17:49, 24 April 2026 (UTC) Where does it say Megan is concerned with "My" because it's possessive? I think she's just commenting on how fancy and formal it sounds. Also, I don't see how the comic age plays into anything. I do think there is definitely a nod to the ghost in #1108 though. 170.187.32.34 17:50, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- I agree, it doesn't seem to be related to the possessive pronoun, but with the title "husband", which is deeply rooted in how traditional heteronormative families are constructed.
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