Saturday, May 16, 2009

I have received several emails from readers to inform me about one webisode from NBC's The Office.



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In the video, Andy Bernard made an announcement that claimed his tattoo is "nard dog".

Although it is not exactly "nard dog", "n 狗" (n dog) is close enough.
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7 comments:

  1. RikoshiMay 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM

    You know, all things considered, that's not bad, for American culture standards. :)

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  2. Alan SiegristMay 17, 2009 at 8:26 AM

    @Rikoshi,

    The show is originally British... :)

    Alan

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  3. UlasMay 18, 2009 at 1:07 AM

    Did they use a ball-point pen or something? Reminds me of those ship anchors I drew on my shoulder with blue ball-point pens (old school sailor tattoo, yo-ho-ho)

    n狗? Half Roman-half Chinese tattoo. Chinese actually has those 2-script words, the notable example being Karaoke=卡拉OK

    @Alan: I wonder if it's the American version or British version? A little off the topic, but personally I'm not a great fan of American versions of British shows, I think the original British ones are better. For example Coupling was one such show. Here in Turkey, a channel shows American version of "The Office". When I first saw that, I had said: "This story would be better if it was done by the British" and then I heard it was originally a British show!

    PS: No offence for those who like American versions better, it was just MHO

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  4. GlennMay 18, 2009 at 4:33 AM

    @Alan:

    No, Rikoshi is right... It's an American remake of a British sitcom. So sure, the original was British. But the scene in question, and especially the "nard dog," is American.

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  5. tianMay 18, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    I also liked the original British version much better. I can't tolerate Steve Carrell.

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  6. AnonymousMay 23, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    It's definitely an American show. "Nard dog" makes no sense to this Brit! What does it even mean? heck, forget translating the tattoos on here, sometimes I need a translator for the American!

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  7. AlexJune 7, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    FYI, there is now commentary up on this webisode here: http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/webisodes/blackmail/#vid=1108892/fet=com

    Actor Creed Bratton (who plays... Creed Bratton) says "We actually lobbied for a better [tattoo]... Oscar [Nunez, actor] said, 'That's not a very good tattoo.'"

    And for those who don't get "nard dog," the character's name is Andy Barnard, so it's just supposed to be (self-imposed) nickname. It doesn't mean anything.

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