Re: picnic

In a message dated 2000:09:14 9:49:34 PM,
carlos_thompson@CORREO.JAVERIANA.EDU.CO writes:

>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.
:: makes note of this in his beat-up _diccionario de la Universidad de
Chicago_::

    thanx