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Some of the decent señoras do not even mention "huevos" at all. They call them "blanquillos" (little white things).
posted by
bilingual-nth
on February 3, 2005 at 12:32 PM
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Ha ha ha
that is interesting. I didn't know that word was packed with eggs (or lost ones for that matter)
posted by
Friar__Tuck
on February 3, 2005 at 10:38 AM
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On orchiectomy
Interesting señor Friar Tuck! You might also find it interesting that there are also other words at a lower level than medical that are synonyms to the orchid for the way they lookl. In the Aztec language, the ahuacate (avocado) was used to convey the same meaning. In Tex-Mex "el huevo" (the egg) does the same, and a "capón" underwent orchiectomy.
posted by
bilingual-nth
on February 3, 2005 at 7:42 AM
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