Non-native (Dutch) here. Here goes:
Lama with one L will refer to the Dalai Lama.
Llama is the animal.
But if you say ‘three el lama’ in a Boston accent it will sound like a ‘three-alarmer’, which is probably shorthand lingo for a three alarm fire.
Thank you Peter, well explained!
Not sure why this would be Boston-specific (unless that’s the only place where they call a very big emergency a 3-alarmer).
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Still doesn’t make any sense. This might need spelling out.
Non-native (Dutch) here. Here goes: Lama with one L will refer to the Dalai Lama. Llama is the animal. But if you say ‘three el lama’ in a Boston accent it will sound like a ‘three-alarmer’, which is probably shorthand lingo for a three alarm fire.
Thank you Peter, well explained! Not sure why this would be Boston-specific (unless that’s the only place where they call a very big emergency a 3-alarmer).
Other places would say 3-alarmer or 3-alarm fire, meaning a fire that needs 3 engines to put out.
The guys who say pahk the cah at Hahvahd yahd would say 3-ah lah mah.
Wow, this joke really fell flat 🤣
never heard of a 3 alarmer