So anyway since I started following @JenJen who sometimes posts pictures of female characters with, and I quote, «her baps out», I can't take the name of this bank seriously anymore.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

So anyway since I started following @JenJen who sometimes posts pictures of female characters with, and I quote, «her baps out», I can't take the name of this bank seriously anymore. The fact that the place you go to get the money using your card is called an ATM in English doesn't help either.

[jenjen@mastodon.art]

@oblomov LOL

[helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art]

@oblomov @JenJen In British English, they're just called cash machines, or (the trademarked term) Cashpoint, if that helps make it less cursed?

[wrencheist@mastodon.online]

@oblomov
@JenJen

Why is it R2D2 though lol

[sheddi@mstdn.party]

@oblomov @JenJen
"Bap" is a regional British English word for a soft bread roll, which I guess is why it's also slang for breasts.

The slang use has spread into regions that don't use the word in its original form, which could lead to some awkward moments in a bakery if you tell the assistant "your baps look nice today" ...

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@wrencheist @JenJen

Old European palaces often have openings (doors and windows) with this shape.

Still, now I'm picturing R2D2 with baps and I'm not sure it's the best imagery. Now if it was C-3PO …

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@helenmclaughlinart @JenJen I'm … actually not sure? If that ATM doesn't for Automated Teller Machine then it can only stand for that other thing 8-D

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@JenJen this is no laughing matter, woman! ;-)

Seriously though, I'm glad this isn't actually my bank or I would giggle like a fool every time I do a bank operation.