![TIL that the origin of the phrase "Let's put another shrimp on the barbie" is a 1980s Australian tourism commercial featuring Paul Hogan : r/todayilearned TIL that the origin of the phrase "Let's put another shrimp on the barbie" is a 1980s Australian tourism commercial featuring Paul Hogan : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/cB6FSbsSiLSokgAKGLeYIgEzVqJP0GOzQKXjnkbXgS0.jpg?auto=webp&s=92d78af17d20e91f3f8f2cbf6ec96b731047cc36)
TIL that the origin of the phrase "Let's put another shrimp on the barbie" is a 1980s Australian tourism commercial featuring Paul Hogan : r/todayilearned
Did the Paul Hogan tourism ads cause Americans to think Australians eat shrimp on the Barbie? Did the combination of those tourism ads and Crocodile Dundee influence Australians in American pop culture?
![تويتر \ The Believer على تويتر: ""Most Australians know about Paul Hogan throwing 'shrimp on the barbie.' The national joke is that none of us, not a single one, uses the word ' تويتر \ The Believer على تويتر: ""Most Australians know about Paul Hogan throwing 'shrimp on the barbie.' The national joke is that none of us, not a single one, uses the word '](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqX1YzhX0AA1-IJ.jpg)