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Old November 05, 2009, 02:42 PM
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The word for drinking straw changes from one country to another. Many
Latinos in the USA use pitillo or sorbete.
Paja is straw as in dry grass. It also is one of those words that has
a somewhat sexual context when used in a certain way. I always thought that bombilla was the bulb-like receptical for hierba mate used in Argentia and Uruguay.
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