The weekly free paper R25 published an interesting trivia factoid recently (Issue 247, but the article doesn't appear on their website), about why we say "say cheese!" when taking photos.
According to them, the original expression in America was "say cheers!" When US servicemen stationed in Japan took photos, however, their Japanese subjects' attempts at saying 'cheers' came out sounding like 'cheese'. The soldiers began using 'cheese' deliberately, the expression caught on back home, and is now the standard everyone uses today.
Truth or Bullshit?
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by sublight » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:34 pm
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by mr. sparkle » Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:02 am
It's funny to me that when they say, "cheese", it sounds more like "chee zoo". it's definitely not a smile they make, more like a blowjob face.
I prefer having them say, "Whiskey". Try it, you'll have a much better result.
I prefer having them say, "Whiskey". Try it, you'll have a much better result.
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:10 am
mr. sparkle wrote:It's funny to me that when they say, "cheese", it sounds more like "chee zoo". it's definitely not a smile they make, more like a blowjob face.
I prefer having them say, "Whiskey". Try it, you'll have a much better result.
If it's all the same, I'd prefer a blowjob...
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by Greji » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:12 am
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:If it's all the same, I'd prefer a blowjob...
Great minds think alike!
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by Screwed-down Hairdo » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:35 am
Greji wrote:Great minds think alike!
I wish I had a great mind...I'm just a dirty old man.
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by dimwit » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:58 am
sublight wrote:Truth or Bullshit?
I call it bullshit. The reason cheese is used is because when you say it your mouth produces a nice smile. Cheers produces a sneer, which I suppose is the look most Japanese company presidents go for when posing for company portraits.
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