The Fowl Language Heard 'Round the World'

Like Dan Brown before him, Fox 5 news anchor Ernie Anastos's way with words has been translated into every language. Well, almost: in the gazillion multilingual Google results for the outburst, the famous phrase in question is mostly (hilariously) not translated. Does the fact that there's no Sanskrit for "chicken f--king" discredit the theory that Anastos was going for some well-known, folksy idiom?

  • In Russia!... комплімент своєму колезі Ніку Грегорі, сказавши, що "тільки суворий чоловік може зробити м'який прогноз", а потім додав: "Keep f--king that chicken". ...
  • In France! Au cours d'une lumière au cœur des échanges avec WNYW Fox 5 collègues, Anastos dit Weatherman Nick Grégoire à "garder f--king que le poulet". ...
  • In Taiwan! 勵志、溫馨的國片「2分20秒」,導演薛少軒力捧泳技不錯、有陽光笑容的姪子薛宇庭當男主角,扮教練的黃...<詳細內容>. 本日最夯. Ernie Anastos: "Keep f--king that ...
  • In Sweden! Men tungan ville inte lyda och han råkade säga "keep f--king that chicken". Den kvinnlig nyhetspresentatören vid hans sida spärrar upp ögonen och drar efter ...
  • In Colombia! Vean la cara de la mujer al escuchar el "Keep f--king that chicken" ("Vete a tirarte a un pollo") que pronunció el conocido Ernie Anastos por la cadena FOX. ...
  • In Peru! Ernie Anastos le dijo al ´hombre del tiempo´ de la cadena Fox Channel 5 que ´vaya a f--larse a un pollo´. El presentador de noticias Ernie Anastos de la ...

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