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"Carro" is better than La Cucarracha, I guess, though I had a Pinto once,
with fake wooden side panels, that somewhat resembled what Pancho Via used to call his carro. Thanks for visiting.
posted by
WindTapper
on April 1, 2008 at 7:52 PM
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Re: Sorry, I'm late to this party...
TLOML and I both love London. If we go there together, the same thing applies, we may never come back.
Carl Peter
posted by
cpklapper
on April 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM
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hey.......you are cool, we enjoy you. here we enjoy every one as them.
posted by
star4sky5
on March 30, 2008 at 6:04 PM
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vogue, here everything is always "mi hija" (pronounced mee - ha). Hispanic ladies a third my age call me their daughter. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on March 29, 2008 at 4:20 PM
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vogue
Just catching up on your tidbits - liked the hammer story....
posted by
Troosha
on March 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM
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Re: Sorry, I'm late to this party...
Yes, I know the Patton quote. Thanks for reading me and calling my post a party is gratifying!!!
posted by
vogue
on March 29, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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about this 'mama' business...
in some circles there is a certain form of ritual insult, each and every one beginning with 'yo mama...'
posted by
Nautikos
on March 29, 2008 at 1:39 PM
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Sorry, I'm late to this party...
...and I just read the previous two posts, dealing with the American English/British English dichotomy. I love the quote from the World War II General, George C. Patton....played By George C. Scott....in the movie of the same name....
Patton. While addressing an audience in England, he quipped, "England and America are two countries separated by a common language."---Touche`!
I personally deplore the American plundering of the English Language. In spite of being American, both my daughter and I are dedicated Anglophiles. We intend to visit there some day....fingers crossed! I may never come back! Great post and keep-em coming!
posted by
metalrat
on March 29, 2008 at 1:05 PM
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Re: It's the little things that make life interesting, vogue. So... how long
We didn't get there. The horses bolted a
t the first sight of a gator!!!
posted by
vogue
on March 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM
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It's the little things that make life interesting, vogue. So... how long
did the trip to Key West take by horse-drawn carriage...
posted by
saul_relative
on March 29, 2008 at 11:01 AM
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muy funny :-) My dad keeps a log of expressions that Cubans say that are unique to them. Let me know if you want to hear some :-) Great post
posted by
Sinome
on March 28, 2008 at 10:55 PM
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Re: Re: Reminds me when I was trying to share a flat in London,
A British friend of mine once promised to come 'round and knock me up. :) I knew what he meant but the giggles almost made me spray soda out of my nose. The there's the opposite end of that; did you know that fanny is a much ruder word in England than in the USA? :)
posted by
Halfelven
on March 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM
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Re: Reminds me when I was trying to share a flat in London,
Yes Carl Peter, I lived in London too and I heard about the tinkle and got as confused as you. My 'tinkler' however was Irish.
posted by
vogue
on March 28, 2008 at 2:10 PM
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Reminds me when I was trying to share a flat in London,
being interviewed by some Australians to be a flatmate. At the end, they said they will give me "a tinkle". I had some unpleasant images of public urination before they explained that meant a phone call.
Carl Peter
posted by
cpklapper
on March 28, 2008 at 2:06 PM
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Like in Spain you can 'coger un bus, un taxi etc' but in Argentina that would be considered a weird sexual peversion. You must 'agarrar' your public transport over there. I certainly got a lot of strange looks from Argentinian friends before I eventually figured that one out!
posted by
Strauss
on March 28, 2008 at 1:40 PM
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vogue
Interesting to me, because I grew up in Quèbec and as an anglophone I was living in that kind of milieu. Good to read you my friend, and I have read some of your other posts now but haven't had time to comment at each one, but over time I'll read more.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
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I am enjoying these differences. sam
posted by
sam444
on March 28, 2008 at 8:00 AM
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spanish?? lovely
In cuba the ladies are hot mama's and it is there i fell in love with spanish...buenos dias
posted by
whirlwindaffair
on March 28, 2008 at 4:43 AM
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It's the beauty of different languages.
posted by
afzal50
on March 28, 2008 at 4:36 AM
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