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Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 18-11-2015, 05:58
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Views: 9,785
Posted By belizesailor
Re: Oooops! I said that??? What's your biggest foreign language Faux Pas?

A Southern friend of mine moved to Guatemala in the 1960s. Didnt speak a word of Spanish. He now speaks Spanish like a native Guatemalteco, but still speaks English with a Southern accent as thick as...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 18-11-2015, 05:54
Replies: 89
Views: 9,785
Posted By belizesailor
Re: Oooops! I said that??? What's your biggest foreign language Faux Pas?

True, there are no words to adequately describe it. The raw energy of some of the original Delta Blues artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Little Walter...even comes across powerfully on their...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 17-11-2015, 11:46
Replies: 89
Views: 9,785
Posted By belizesailor
Re: Oooops! I said that??? What's your biggest foreign language Faux Pas?

C'mon now, MS ain't all bad. ; ) As you've discovered, it can be a very entertaining place with no shortage of good food...the most powerful music on the planet: the Delta Blues...the older and...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 09-11-2015, 14:34
Replies: 89
Views: 9,785
Posted By belizesailor
Re: Oooops! I said that??? What's your biggest foreign language Faux Pas?

Yes, NY has its own way of compensating for that deficiency of English too (I used to work in lower Manhattan a lot).

Of course, originally being from Mississippi...English is a second language...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 09-11-2015, 05:45
Replies: 89
Views: 9,785
Posted By belizesailor
Re: Oooops! I said that??? What's your biggest foreign language Faux Pas?

It just us Southerners making up for a deficiency of the English language...there is no plural "you". By contrast, Spanish has a plural "you" in "Ustedes".

Being from the South and speaking...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 29-10-2015, 10:38
Replies: 89
Views: 9,785
Posted By belizesailor
Re: Oooops! I said that??? What's your biggest foreign language Faux Pas?

Years ago, while asking an attractive young waitress for change in Spanish, I mispronounced "dolar" (dollar) as "dolor" (pain). She cocked her head, raised an eyebrow, and said "Qué tipo de dolor es...
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