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Originally Posted by irmamar
That's interesting, I thought it was five o'clock tea
Chileno, what you say "once" we say "merienda". But that word is curious. Do you know its origin? Is this an English word?
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I was going to explain that one, but I decided not to. And now you are asking. This is funny, as you will discover soon enough...
When Spain dominated South America, the soldiers would like in the afternoon to take (drink) some "aguardiente", but as you can imagine it was forbidden. The word aguardiente has eleven (once) letters so they would cue themselves at around 5 to 6pm for a drink.