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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

cunning linguist

Antequera, Spain

This is what the old lady said to us as we arrived yesterday at the Hostal having spent five hours riding uphill in the baking sun from the coast on a mountainside road: "!este carretera con todas las curvas que hay¡"

This could be taken in one of three ways depending on the context in which you hear it- they are:

1) literally: " with all the curves on that road!"
2) with a little interpretation: "that road has all the curves in the world!"
3) bearing in mind that kurwa means ´slut´ in polish:" with all those ´ ´ that there are!"

Its all about about context people.


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