EDIT: Stickers are now available for purchase!
I grew up in a bilingual household. My mom is originally from Vietnam and speaks, well, Vietnamese. My (late) dad was born and raised in Philly and spoke Philadelphese—you know, stoop, crick, wooder, hoagie. All dem jawns.
On my mom’s side, all of the ladies speak with poise. Their English may not be that great, but they try and I can understand each of them quite well. The men, on the other hand, also try, but they try hard. So hard, in fact, they also learned to speak Philadelphese…ish.
This sticker design, which makes me laugh heartily every time I say it aloud, is an homage to my Vietnamese uncles and any other AZN bad boy who always lets one slip when the time’s right: WHA THIT HEO?!
So, unless you’re familiar with what any sort of Asian accent sounds like (I’m really nodding my head at Vietnamese and Chinese), then these words won’t make sense.
I’ll break it down:
• Wha = what
• Thit = the/tha (if you also speak Philadelphese) (FUN FACT: “thit” as a Vietnamese word means “meat”.)
• Heo = H-E-double-hockey-sticks, hell
what•thit•HEO?!