Re: CHAT: False friends - echos from the mother tounge
| From: | Amanda Babcock <langs@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 9, 2003, 19:52 |
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On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:50:09PM -0500, Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Well, apparently Mitsubishi named his 4WD as "Pajero" from a Spanish word
> that mean a man that works with strow (paja). Unfortunately paja has two
> other (slangish) meanings in Spanish: bullshit and mansturbation. The
> vehicle is sold in Spanish speaking countries as Mitsubishi "Montero".
And also in the US. Or maybe we *are* a Spanish-speaking country?
Amanda