tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post967154024780090815..comments2023-11-02T08:52:22.312-05:00Comments on Great Caesar's Post!: Your Blue Beetle Spanish lesson of the dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-79091467358934356202008-11-14T21:00:00.000-06:002008-11-14T21:00:00.000-06:00Jeez, you all mae it sound like you make no mistak...Jeez, you all mae it sound like you make no mistakes in your speech, I bet my salary that anyone that took a test right now would get about an 8, still I agree that some of my "kin" need to polish up their skill in englishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-21516574559860707092008-08-24T13:19:00.000-05:002008-08-24T13:19:00.000-05:00I have the same problem with people pronouncing th...I have the same problem with people pronouncing their last names without the Spanish accent — it always feels "wrong" to my ears.Maxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748486083449206825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-30715008014501490612008-08-23T14:10:00.000-05:002008-08-23T14:10:00.000-05:00Where I work, there is a girl named Jaime, but she...Where I work, there is a girl named Jaime, but she pronounces it jamie... it drives me crazy everyday I see her name on anything because my gut reaction is to say Jaime properly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289321324055659911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-14938388774624972092007-08-27T16:38:00.000-05:002007-08-27T16:38:00.000-05:00I blame the patchouli.I blame the patchouli.Maxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748486083449206825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-3976130734263689522007-08-27T12:27:00.000-05:002007-08-27T12:27:00.000-05:00But you can't get too mad at them. After all, the...But you can't get too mad at them. After all, they pronounce Manor as "May-nur" and Gruene as "Green".<BR/><BR/>Technically, the second one is the German word for <I>green</I>, so I suppose it's ok, but still...Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835469598245903874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-38814398561336508942007-08-25T01:13:00.000-05:002007-08-25T01:13:00.000-05:00Yeah, and I can never remember which country is ac...Yeah, and I can never remember which country is actually green, Greenland or Iceland. Or maybe neither.<BR/><BR/>Good point about Manchaca though. Guadalupe too.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988773038944624461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-11136849160522150502007-08-24T09:35:00.000-05:002007-08-24T09:35:00.000-05:00Dumb-ass - that's Columbia, where the coffee (ahem...Dumb-ass - that's Columbia, where the coffee (ahem) comes from. Or is it Canada? I always get those confused.<BR/><BR/>And I live in a city where people pronounce the street name "Manchaca" as "Man-shack," so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.<BR/><BR/>To be fair, though, it's not like I know the difference between someone from Norway and someone from Newfoundland, except that one of them involves narwhals.Maxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748486083449206825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679362097182696260.post-10352985627236496802007-08-23T20:39:00.000-05:002007-08-23T20:39:00.000-05:00Jeez, Max, you act like people in this country don...Jeez, Max, you act like people in this country don't know anything about Spanish or Hispanics. Come on.<BR/><BR/>Mexico is that country to the south, right?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988773038944624461noreply@blogger.com