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When I lived in Central America, a friend (?) was teaching me how to “echar piropos.” He would say them in English and I was to say them in Spanish. My favorite was “so much meat and all I have is cod” (“tanta carne y solo tengo bacalao”). Anyway, he told me to tell a passing young lady “your eyes are like stars”. An easy phrase in Spanish, poetic and complementary. The word for stars in Spanish is estrellas. However, I was working in the agricultural sector and instead of estrellas, the word estiercoles popped from my mouth. Estiércol is manure in Spanish. So, I had said to her “your eyes are like manure.” She said “¿Como?” and, thinking I had spoken too softly, I repeated myself. This time she used the harsher “¿Que?” I said “momento, necesito mi diccionario” and turned to my friend and teacher. However, he was lying in the gutter, holding his stomach, laughing harder than anyone I had ever seen laugh. She left in a huff and I was left on the street confused and oblivious to my error. There’s a lesson for us all in there, somewhere, although I’m not sure what. I love Bugs in drag and Pizzarat with the woven basket headdress. Thanks very much. A cheery cartoon today.
Listening to Marianne Faithful’s Broken English.
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