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You really are a nasty snide piece of work, James.

It's not about me. It's about Bev using a really suck ass phrase. You  
want to applaud her bigotry, have at it, but quit tearing me down to  
make it seem ok.


On Nov 7, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> > > I am writing this to you in two parts because I wrote the above as a
> > draft this morning.  This evening, I see that we are having a
> > conversation concerning Spanish profanities.<G>
>
> The funny thing is, I seriously doubt Moon knows want "pendejo"  
> literally
> means and why that literal meaning is supposed to be an insult.
>
>
> > > Moon, if you are working side by side with someone, how can you  
> > > claim to
> > know them if you do not speak their language?
>
> Of course, the answer is you can't.  And you discerned the reason  
> for my
> comment.  We ignorant backwoods Southerners can't possibly have had  
> any deep
> revealing interactions with other cultures that compare with telling  
> someone to
> pitch the horse some hay.
>
> And, Bev, as you know Spanish is completely phonetic.  There is no  
> such thing
> as being literate in another language (such as English), being able  
> to speak
> Spanish, and not being able to also read and write Spanish.
>
> As you read, it was a simple but round about way to ask a simple, non
> threatening, question. The remonstration that one would simply not  
> be bothered with
> it, but instead respond with a gutter vulgarism, pretty much  
> determines what we
> are dealing with in this case.
>
> This turn of the thread began with Moon saying: "... I ... have had
> slightly broader experience than you in this matter."   And yet  
> becomes
> 'enoja' when given the opportunity to demonstrate same. ..... Parece  
> que en este
> caso 'desconcertada' se hace 'enoja'
>
> Bastante dicho!
>
> James
>
>
>
>
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