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Fernando

17:00

haha. no, im just contrasting the spanish/english inherent prejudice form partner/pareja

Mitch

'proximo'! I got it! 'el mayo proximo'!

or is it 'el mayo siguiente'?

Fernando

mayo proximo

no "el", you dont say The next may

Mitch

The wedding is next May' -> 'Las novenes son mayo proximo' ?

Fernando

next may

novenes? what's that? google translator is trolling you

Mitch

no I'm half using GT and half making stuff up out a half formed memory

novenes sounds churchy to me, but probably means ninth

Fernando

17:04

damn, must be hard to remember you credit card pin with a half formed memory

Mitch

like prayers at night

terdon

@Fernando ? Wouldn't you just say Mayo, if it's the coming May and Mayo del año que viene if it's next year's May? El Mayo próximo sounds strange to me, but it might be a Cubano/Peninsular difference.

Mitch

@Fernando makes for better security

Fernando

@terdon's spanish looks good

Mitch

@terdon right. there's a big deal in English about what 'this May' and 'next May' mean.

Fernando

17:05

not as good as my english but close enough

@terdon hahaha, no, i was just commenting on "el mayo" being worng

terdon

@Fernando I lived in Spain for 7 years.

Fernando

Oh? barcelona?

terdon

Yes, actually

Fernando

I knew it

terdon

lol

Fernando

17:06

I could sense your accent

terdon

Fernando

tchrist

Como si fuese España y no Cataluña. :)

terdon

Vols diure que he fet catalanismes?

@tchrist where's the mistake in that sentence? I know there is one. Something about the he, I think.

Fernando

yep, o al pais vasco

Mitch

17:07

me gustaria un bocadillo con serrano y mayo

Fernando

hogar de los toros mas gordos y grandes de europa

terdon

@Mitch Mayo próximo?

Fernando

ohhh, serrano y un poco de piña

Mitch

@Fernando jaja, si

terdon

Right, I'm off. Last minute gift shopping to do. Merry $whatever to all, and to all a good night.

Fernando

17:08

whoops, fell offline for a tad there

tchrist

@terdon Well, maybe the plural object. Dius que he fet algun catalanisme?

But I don’t speak Catalan.

terdon

I think vols diure is fine there, for quieres decir. But I don't really speak it either, just the basics.

Fernando

or should i say. HOSTIA TIO que se me ha caido la internet por un momento

mira que tambien se hablar gallego como los españoles, esto esta mamo

terdon

Olvidaste el joder, nen.

tchrist

@terdon I wasn't talking about that, but about catalanisms in the plural rather than algún.

terdon

17:10

Ah, right, true

Fernando

Joder, las pelotas del cojonudo pringao este

tchrist

Sed buenos.

Fernando

Spanish people are very bad-mouthed

terdon

sed s/malo/bueno/?

Grr, I really have to go. Buy!

tchrist

Hasta.

Pasta.

Rasta.

terdon

17:11

(#punintended)

Fernando

they say balls and offend 3 or 4 times per sentence

i think its a cultural thing

tchrist

Hostia.

Qué buena cosa en que cagarse.

Mitch

@tchrist Something about that...

did you just make a poop joke?

and something about my uncles? How dare you

Fernando

I think I went to hard on that last one

yup, im deleting it

tchrist

:34312611 Ni se te ocurra.

Yes that was awful.

Fernando

17:13

before i get kicked out of here

Mitch

cut and pasted just in time!

Fernando

hahaha

pure spanish from spain

Mitch

not really.

Fernando

good old spain

Færd

@snailplane Thank you. Very well; I'll inform you if I have further questions.

tchrist

17:14

@Mitch Mais non, j’ai fait un "sacre", comment dissent-ils en Québec.

Mitch

swears in other languages just don't feel as bad.

tchrist

@Fernando Ya nos hemos fijado en ello.

Fernando

@tchrist your lucky im just on rossetta stone lvl1 in french

Mitch

@tchrist ooh that was very subtle. the Hostia Tio. Taberanache!

tchrist

I have all the time in the world.

Fernando

17:16

yes i noticed your "blue" blood

Mitch

@tchrist You talk to your mother with that mouth?

Fernando

all day

Mitch

Fernando

and say stuff like: "donde putas esta la botella de vodka que deje al lado del niño en la cuna?"

that one is actually kind of sad

tchrist

Te la habrá tomado.

It is.

Fernando

17:18

seguro, si es hijo mio

tchrist

Así se reconoce.

Fernando

man i feel bad talking in spanish inside an enlgish forum chat

tchrist

Cabe esperar.

Mitch

@Fernando we have no problem with it.

tchrist

El habla callejera siempre nos cae bien por acá.

jinx

Fernando

17:20

si pero la mayoria de los catedráticos ingleses pueden sentirse ofendidos

tchrist

¿Los hay?

Fernando

seguro

tchrist

Pues sí tenemos al Lawler, ¿pero hay otro?

Fernando

@tchrist just by using this symbol "¿" you can upset a couple english savants

tchrist

Savant best collocates with idiot for this sense. :)

Fernando

17:22

jaja, sure sure

tchrist

Where are you living these day?

Fernando

i dont know in english-speaking countries, but spanish teachers are very peacock-ey about their "superior spanish knowledge"

tchrist

That's amusing. cocky > peacocky

Fernando

take for example the fine hijos de su madre from la real academia de españa, they justify their employment by adding a single moronic rule to the language every year

tchrist

Actual English professors seldom bother, because they realize that English is not taught here.

Ni empieces, they just make shit up.

Fernando

17:24

haha, yup, let me laugh in spanish: jjajja

tchrist

It's easy for me to code-switch, but it'll mosquear a los demás.

Y a las damas, me imagino. :)

Even
Christmas
Eve
Eve.

Careful with Eve, she’ll take a bite out of your apple.

Fernando

know that hue menshon it, their are verrie phew feemails hear.

;)

tchrist

Ninguna just right now.

Fernando

I like to twist the enlgish into vague homophone words

cool whip

Mitch

@Fernando you would like 'Mots d'heure: Gousses, Rames' (click to reveal)

Fernando

17:37

man Im at work, that better be SFW

Mitch

oh it's safe. totally nerdy

tchrist

@Fernando No homophones in this chat.

Mitch

oh waitm that's French/English. There's English/English (or Anguish languish)

Fernando

hahahah whaaat???

Mitch

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut

Fernando

17:41

is that the real translation of HDumpty to french?

Mitch

Not at all.

Fernando

damn its close!

Mitch

it's half sensical french, but if you pronounce it out, it's supposed to sound like the original mother goose poem

But Ladle Rat Rotten Hut is Little Red Riding Hood with near homophones.

Fernando

yes i got it the "thirst time"

Færd

> tantalize (v.)
1590s, with -ize + Latin Tantalus, from Greek Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, father of Pelops and Niobe, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried to eat or drink...

Some punishment.

Fernando

17:46

chandler was forced to live in a box

Færd

To light candles there?

Fernando

no, just a box

with an airhole

Mitch

18:09

@Færd After about the third time, you'd figure he'd give up