A woman whose husband speaks Guaraní, Spanish, German, English, Italian, plus a bit of liturgical Hebrew, notices a curious thing happening while he was taking notes during lessons with a rabbi. As he jotted notes in Spanish and Guaraní, he used his...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski breaks through the clouds with a puzzle about words and phrases that include the letters S-U-N. For example, what do you call a person perceived to be an inexperienced, slow, and unskillful motorist? This is part of a complete...
Sam in Westville, Indiana, heard a woman from Puerto Rico use the expression You cannot cover the sun with a finger, referring to the problem of having more things to work on than she could handle. The Spanish expression tapar el sol con un dedo, or...
sheetrockero
n.— «Yotoy college point, cerca de flushing, sheetrockero soy.» —“Carnaval de Rio de Janeiro quien va?” by lorito_chris Yagua.com (Paraguay) Dec. 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
