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Re: picnic

From:Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...>
Date:Friday, September 15, 2000, 2:11
Jonathan Chang wrote:

> Spanish preference seems to be for _partida de campo_. Tho' > picnic_ is also cited as being used (mainly in North America & > parts of Mexico, Puerto Rico, etc.)
¿_Partida de campo_? Well, in Colombia we would use _picnic_ and a song from the Argentinan rock group Soda Stereo was titled "Picnic en el 4B"... Even if I had not previously heard _partida de campo_ it sound quite Peninsular (from Spain) to me. -- Carlos Th