Street sign advertising classic Aussie pub meal sparks heated debate over spelling
- A Bundy Rum ad has sparked debate over the nickname of a chicken parmigiana
- Majority of Victorians call it a ‘parma’ while other states prefer ‘parmi’ or ‘parmy’
- A survey found most people in Northern Territory don’t shorten the name at all
A new street sign as sparked debate over the true nickname of a classic pub meal.
The Bundaberg Rum advertisement in Melbourne pictures a chicken parmigiana and says ‘don’t forget the parmies’. It’s aimed at encouraging people to get out of Covid distancing and back to their local pubs.
However, several Victorians were less than impressed with the well-intended ad and pointed out that most Victorians call the parmigiana a ‘parma’ not a ‘parmi’.
People protested a new sign in Melbourne calling a chicken parmigiana a ‘parmi’ as most Victorians call the meal a ‘parma’
‘I cringed the first time I saw this,’ one user wrote while another joked that the ad should be torn down.
A survey in 2020 found that 72 per cent of Victorians call the pub classic a ‘parma’ with the other two options being ‘parmi’ and ‘parmy’.
In 2018 Premier Dan Andrews also weighed in on the debate and declared the dish’s name was a ‘parma’.
Most states in Australia prefer the nickname ‘parmi’ or ‘parmy’ for the classic pub meal while half of Northern Territorians prefer to use the dish’s full name
NSW’s nickname for the meal was evenly split between the three options while just nine per cent called it a ‘parma’ in South Australia where ‘parmi’ is the common form.
Other states also preferred to call the meal a ‘parmi’ or ‘parmy’ over a ‘parma’.
In the Northern Territory half of the people surveyed said they don’t abbreviate at all and simply call the meal a parmigiana.
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