Spain – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder – Page 32

Wellington vs Glasgow Rangers’ International Brigadiers, and the origins of “No pasarán” and “No surrender”

Nominations for the noblest British fighter in a Spanish war, and speculative revisions of the history of two idiot idioms.

“Fuck the certain price of goods”

The mother of all fucked translators lives and works in China.

A beach bar called Rape

Foreigners may know what a chiringuito is, but they’re unlikely to preferentially associate rape with monk fish. Our excellent correspondent has suggested that a french-letter machine in the bathroom of this Mojácar hostelry might also help.

New Flats For Rent: 2 rooms + Hall + 1 Bathroom + Chicken

A bit off-territory (Salmiya sounds like Kuwait), but too good to miss. Although … perhaps it is after all a chicken, and not a kitchen–a friend in Venezuela had a bullock sacrificed to celebrate his move, and I can quite easily imagine Arabian developers giving away a free chicken with every flat. (Thanks to MM)

Spain, a nation of whores, soldiers and fools?

Spanish entries from the 1811 Dictionary of the vulgar tongue, with some fanciful etymological speculation and a mercifully brief bout of bar-room anthropology.

Two Brad Pitt exclusives

French farmer tells him, “Get off my land!”
Did a Pakistani Dracula turn Brad and Angelina into zombies?

PP twice as corrupt as PSOE?

If you believe crap like the stat in this post we’ll have you certified.

Free tapas map of Andalusia

Assuming RW’s liver survives the test.

Drunk and disorderly

A British soldier’s hazy recollections of civil war in Portugal.

Go forth and multiply

Witness accounts from the records of the Spanish Inquisition in Córdoba.