Posted by KRICO on January 18, 2001 at 13:18:58:
In Reply to: Re: Only for Guys Who Speak Spanish! posted by SPECIFIC on January 18, 2001 at 13:05:27:
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One gal told me a great story about speakin' ingles in AB...She herself had learned the ropes regarding gringos and English there...so when she brought in a relative to ply the same trade, she told her, just say "Fifty for me and ten for the room."...This was her relative's sole introduction to English...So my amiga is laughin' tellin' me how no matter what a gringo said, her student would say "Fifty for me, and ten for the room." "Hi, my name is Bob...What's your name?" "Fifty for me, and ten for the room..." "Howya doin'?" "Fifty for me, and ten for the room..." "Where are you from?" "Fifty for me, and ten for the room..." Etc...etc...etc... My little galpal also thought that it was very funny that gringos would say the word "from"...as in "Where are you FROM?" Syntactically, she was expecting "From where you are?"...at least... KRICO
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