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Originally Posted by chileno
eerr... have you taken a look at your language lately? 
In English I like to say that all languages have their own "idiotsyncracy" 
Hernan. |
Oh, you are SO right! When I'm trying to figure out what I want to say in Spanish - I often realize that my English probably ought NOT be translated directly because it is SO figurative. And I probably use figurative speech more than a lot of people because my mother uses idioms and figures of speech and little sayings for almost everything (she always has), and I have definitely picked that up from her!
Yes - I'm sure that all languages have their idio(T)syncracies. And I'm always impressed to hear someone who speaks English as something OTHER THAN their first language create "plays on words", as you just did.
I think the humor shows a level of mastery that I can only hope to someday attain in my Spanish.....