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submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] wieson@feddit.org 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Arabic speakers often have trouble pronouncing the p and in Arabic Pepsi is called Bebsi. This became a meme several years ago.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh is that where that annoying 🅱️ meme from a couple of years ago came from?

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 points 8 months ago

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 8 months ago

No, 🅱️ came from mirroring how "bloods" would replace a "crips" tag C with B, likewise were C's and later other letters replaced with 🅱️

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

Reason being for this is that P doesn't exist in Arabic. Same thing with V. It's replaced with f.