Re: Spanish education

Clint Jackson Baker scripsit:

> Did you know that "to catch a bus" in
> Mexico means "to have sex with a baby" in Chile?
> Dialect really is that important in Spanish.
The English phrase "Mr. Jones walked in the street wearing
only his pants" leaves him open to arrest for obstructing
traffic in the U.S., but for public indecency in the U.K.
Dialect really is that important in English.

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John Cowan <jcowan@...>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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