Happy Thanksgiving
Omelet wrote:
Mexican dialects can be every bit as bad as Aussie slang vs. American
slang speaking "English"! Working with a lot of Tex-mex hispanics and
their kids taking formal "Spanish" in school has been enlightening.
Funniest interchange I ever heard at a 7-11 was between a Mexican trying
to tell an Afghani what cigarettes he wanted.
"Maaboalice"
"I'm sorry"
"Maaboalice"
"Uh"
Pointing, "Maaboalice"
Marlboro Lights was what I was able to figure out.
East College Ave. in Santa Rosa.
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