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[–] sigezayaq@startrek.website 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

nobody would react, because nobody knows what olive garden is in Europe

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

"No, this is a restaurant. And they are usually called olive orchards, not gardens. If you'd like to see one after your meal, I can give you directions to one nearby."

[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 6 points 3 days ago
[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

On top of that, I don't think the average Italian would get the implication that "olive garden is better" from that phrase. They would understand it literally: this is not olive garden, this is Don Pasquale.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, even if I understood I initially interpreted it as omitting the "this I the real thing!" afterwards.