[Vision2020] mangling spanish

[keely emerinemix]

Your Spanish-speaking sensible schoolmarm jumps in:

"Muchacho" is "boy," "male youth," or, with familiarity, "guy" or "dude."  
"Muchacha" is "girl," "young woman," or, with familiarity, "gal" or (among 
friends) "chick."   It can be used for homies, fellows, compadres, etc., and 
so can other, more familiar words.  One of my friends calls me "chica," but 
I would never call her mother that; many of my male Mexican friends greet 
each other with "carnal," but I would sound absurd if I did.

Of course, the ability to sometimes sound absurd in two languages is 
something I both treasure and treat warily . . .

keely




From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
To: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] mangling spanish
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:14:20 -0800

By the way, what's a muchacho?  Is it like an amigo?

Yes, No, kinda sorta. I an pretty sure it technically means boy or young 
boy. I was misusing it to mean homies, fellows, compadres, pals, associates, 
chums or friend.

So does this format make for the tidier, more succinct message that you 
desire? Definitely more of a pain in the ass to create. Is there a 
definitive way to reply to a forum post that's easy and still meets your 
stringent guidelines for "netiquette?"

later, ese.
gc


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