Conoci una gitana muy simpatica en mi tienda, a pesar de que nunca las he tragado, congeniamos. Le hice un descuento y se ofreció a leer mis manos gratis. Me dijo que me habian hecho un mal. (Cosa que me han dicho un par de veces. Sé quien fue y sus motivos, se que era…
I got a tremendous kick out of singing duets over CU-SeeMe with some mad Icelandic woman in 1994, but it had all been done before, at the beginning of the telephone age: ten musicians performing, in 1892, in four different towns (Dudley, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Hanley) In other words the telephone not only allowed you…
Should definitely be an apostrophe, dudes: I’m pretty sure I’ve actually seen this before, in both Hispano- and Anglophone environments. You might think that it suggests that they are also pretty unlettered in their mother tongue, but establishing that would require thorough excavation. Nurse, my bluntest chisel! (H/t: Thingamajig) Update: Jeremy suggests that some people…
Brian Harris, via his blog, on events 74 years ago tomorrow: Gross is said to have been incompetent. As they parted, Franco, who was worried by Hitler’s attitude, decided to emphasise his esteem for him in a typically Spanish manner. He stood up and pressed Hitler’s hand between both of his, and declared, “In spite…
The new tag reflects current geographics & respect for among others Messrs Benny of Hill and Triooo: I did a quick tea dance in Bcn last night, and was going to sing a couple this lunchtime in a popular neighbourhood square, but my main client base -I am sure you can picture them- had been…
This is Stronzo Bestiale, the fictitious Italian physicist, author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers. However, stronzo bestiale surely isn’t total asshole – that’s stronzo totale, which I think entered the Italian language via translations of American airport lit – but rather bestial arsehole, or monstrous arsehole, concepts much less sanitised and more evocative of our…
The great Jeremiad-caravan against the BBC’s raison d’être and the licence fee has been to Patagonia. That the Daily Mail managed to locate, but not Google Translate: [Malvinas-related provocation: incidents and the BBC team has left the country] Thanks to S, who suggests that the differences between the Mail and the Guardian are two: the…
