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[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Red Spanish wine, of course!

I like the tequila is most traditional.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I like the tequila is most traditional.

It is in your country, not in mine. Hardly anyone drinks tequila here.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Irma: De no ser Joaquín Sabina y Arturo Pérez-Reverte, dudo que alguien más lo beba.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

It is in your country, not in mine. Hardly anyone drinks tequila here.

Then what kind drink or wine is more traditional in your country?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Irma: De no ser Joaquín Sabina y Arturo Pérez-Reverte, dudo que alguien más lo beba.

I've just spent half an hour puzzling over this. Am I right by translating as

If it were not for X and Y, I doubt whether anybody else would drink it.

?? If so, why not an imperfect subjunctive ?

[irmamar]

De no ser = si no fuera.

Conozco poca gente que bebe tequila, pero dos en mi familia: un hermano mío, que sólo quiere una marca, y mi marido, que antes lo tomaba con limonada.

Here the most common drinks are, in my opinion: wine with meals, beer in other occasions, water when one is working/studying, and cava to celebrate something.

Carmen (did I forget calimocho for "botellón"? )

[seosamh]

un hilo muy interesante, gracias por esto.

[CarmenCarmona]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Mmmmmmmmmmm.... that sounds amazing! I have blackcurrant liquer here ... I may have to try some.....

The thing is that it is worth it if you mix it with cheap wine although...

Originally Posted by irmamar

Carmen (did I forget calimocho for "botellón"? )

...I also do it with quality wine if that's what I have and you can't ask anything else from me cos I don't really like alcohol, so in my case it seems logical!

Well, tekila is one of the few spirits I love to drink because of the traditional slice of lemon and pinch of salt...it doesn't make you feel like vomiting after a shot!

As far as I am concerned, I would add that young people drink calimocho and beer every time they have the chance! and for 'botelleo' they drink almost any type of alcohol, among them, whiskey, rum and vodka as for the most typical ones (altogether with coke or fanta)... Older people usually like brandy as well..

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Irma: De no ser Joaquín Sabina y Arturo Pérez-Reverte, dudo que alguien más lo beba.

Originally Posted by Perikles

Am I right by translating as

If it were not for X and Y, I doubt whether anybody else would drink it.

Originally Posted by irmamar

De no ser = si no fuera.

De no ser X y Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba.
Si no fuera X y Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba.
Si no fuera X o Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba.

[CarmenCarmona]

Originally Posted by Perikles

De no ser X y Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba.
Si no fuera X y Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba.
Si no fuera X o Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba.

Yo diría: A no ser por X y/o Y, dudo que alguien más lo beba!