Brazo de gitano with flesh-coloured filling
It always seemed wrong that the custard was yolk-hued, so a bottle of cochineal was acquired for Halloween.
Tag: etymology
A market-oriented etymology of Catalonia
From Gothalania to Land of Alan the Goth.
The Arabs say خروÙ, the Catalans say ovella, the Chinese say 羊, but the Spanish apparently say Ovis orientalis aries
Can something be done about the nutters who use scientific rather than common names for Wikipedia articles, or is it time to call the whole thing off?
The PSOE’s non-guerra in Afghanistan
Ya en los nidos de antaño no hay pájaros ocaño
An elderly Andalusian’s way of saying “this year” may constitute early warning of global (or at least Peninsular) cataclysm, perhaps a regional franchise of the 2012 phenomenon.
Classifying mussels / muscles
Barcelona trading practices, builder’s crack-fish and the great Pacific birdshit war.
Gil y pollas, pollos, racho, Gil, etc
The etymology of “gilipollas” as a mere excuse to quote a gross 16th century shepherd and link to some video fragments of Jesús Gil y Gil.
The true origins of “Africa begins at the Pyrenees”
This deeply resented peripheralising aphorism was coined not by Alexander Dumas but by Dominique Dufour de Pradt or conceivably the Conde do Funchal.
Competing Amazigh and Arabic etymologies of “beur”
And “beurette,” of course, this being the Year of Zahia Dehar, who sounds like she may escape from being shagged up the bum by Pierre Woodman.
Alectryon, the Ancient Greek model for our cuckold’s horns?
With a field study of the nymphomaniacs of Goa and brief notes on the early history of composite grafts.
