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[pjt33]

He dicho que tengo mucho cuidado, no que tengo muchos condados.

Vampiro no soy, pero informático sí. Ahora lo entiendes todo, ¿no?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

He dicho que tengo mucho cuidado, no que tengo muchos condados.

Vampiro no soy, pero informático sí. Ahora lo entiendes todo, ¿no?

¡Estás pero muy bien!

I would like to know if bobj and laepelba can follow, as I am almost sure perikles does...

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by chileno

¿Tú no te quemas al sol?

¿O te gusta tener el color de un gusano de choclo?

Pues mi obsesión en verano es acabarlo más blanca de lo que lo empecé . Nunca tomo el sol.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Pues mi obsesión en verano es acabarlo más blanca de lo que lo empecé . Nunca tomo el sol.

¿Llegas a ser hasta transparente, también?

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

I would like to know if bobj and laepelba can follow, as I am almost sure perikles does...

Um ... sorry I'm late getting back to this, but I've had a lot going on... Anyway - there are a couple of things that I don't follow. Let me see if I can quote them here......

Originally Posted by irmamar

Que yo sepa, peyorativo sólo hay para los franceses y para los estadounidenses. Los ingleses, por otro lado, no sois británicos, sino ingleses. Y todos los turistas extranjeros son "guiris".

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

O 'gambas' si se pone 'roja' la gente del Norte, tomándose el sol a la playa..? >>>

I kind of lost the idea of the "guiris" and the "red people" from the North. I assume this is because the pale-skinned people who live farther from the equator (and thus have less sun) come to vacation in sunny places and get sun burned. Right? What exactly does "guiris" mean, besides a pejorative for tourists from foreign countries? And what does any of that have to do with "shrimp" (that's what "gambas" means, right?)?

Originally Posted by irmamar

Los españoles también nos ponemos rojos, pero como ya conocemos los efectos del sol, no nos quemamos tanto como vosotros. Por eso os llamamos "gambas" (ahora pondré un chiste de gambas en el hilo correspondiente )

¡Qué dolor da ver a un guiri rojo en verano!

¿Lo pillas, gambita?

I definitely do not get Irma's joke.....

Originally Posted by pjt33

Muchas veces no es que los ingleses ignoren los efectos del sol sino que los tontos quieren acelerar el proceso de broncearse. La lógica es "Me pongo rojo el primer día, y al fin de la semana estaré bien".

I totally get this statement. When I was younger (and hopefully stupider than I am now), I would go to a tanning salon () for a few visits to "burn" myself before going to Florida each spring. That way I could lay on the beach for a week and work on my tan (because the initial burning was out of the way...) Dumb, dumb, dumb.......

Originally Posted by chileno

¿Tú no te quemas al sol?

¿O te gusta tener el color de un gusano de choclo?

"corn worm"? Huh?

Originally Posted by chileno

Ah. Entonces me puedes llamar tonto.

Are a Count, by any chance?

What does any of this have to do with being a "count"?

Originally Posted by pjt33

He dicho que tengo mucho cuidado, no que tengo muchos condados.

Vampiro no soy, pero informático sí. Ahora lo entiendes todo, ¿no?

First of all, I don't get where the first part of this comes from, "cuidado" vs. "condados". "Condados" = "counties", right? Where did that word come into the conversation?

And where did the vampires come into the conversation?? And I don't understand the phrase "pero informático sí".

.......... so you see, Chileno - sometimes I understand parts of these conversations, but when they turn into general "banter", I typically lose the thinking. Especially when there are jokes or plays on words. I think I also lost track of this thread because we got so far off from the original meaning of the word of the day. SOOOOooooo ... I guess I'll be off to give my Thanksgiving weekend guests a drubbing.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I kind of lost the idea of the "guiris" and the "red people" from the North. I assume this is because the pale-skinned people who live farther from the equator (and thus have less sun) come to vacation in sunny places and get sun burned. Right? What exactly does "guiris" mean, besides a pejorative for tourists from foreign countries? And what does any of that have to do with "shrimp" (that's what "gambas" means, right?)?

Shrimp go red when you cook them. Hence Irma's joke.

¿"Guiri" viene de "guirigay"?

Originally Posted by laepelba

What does any of this have to do with being a "count"?

It's a reference to some children's TV programme (Sesame Street?) which had a count who was a vampire. Vampires avoid sunlight.

Originally Posted by laepelba

First of all, I don't get where the first part of this comes from, "cuidado" vs. "condados". "Condados" = "counties", right? Where did that word come into the conversation?

And where did the vampires come into the conversation?? And I don't understand the phrase "pero informático sí".

Counties is a reference to the suggestion that I'm a count. (See also: duchy, ruled by a duke; principality, ruled by a prince). We informáticos (there isn't really an equivalent word in English - I.T. geeks is probably as close as you can get) have a reputation for living in basements and fearing the evil day-star.

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by pjt33

It's a reference to some children's TV programme (Sesame Street?) which had a count who was a vampire. Vampires avoid sunlight.

And then of course there would be Stoker's 'Count Dracula' also.

Counties is a reference to the suggestion that I'm a count. (See also: duchy, ruled by a duke; principality, ruled by a prince). We informáticos (there isn't really an equivalent word in English - I.T. geeks is probably as close as you can get) have a reputation for living in basements and fearing the evil day-star.

Pero no yo, me gusta tomar el sol de hecho.. así que me pongo gamba a veces..

[laepelba]

Thanks - my Spanish isn't good enough to follow plays on words like this..... I'll get there eventually!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks - my Spanish isn't good enough to follow plays on words like this..... I'll get there eventually!

Of course. Do you really think I like to play the fool just because?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by pjt33

¿"Guiri" viene de "guirigay"?

Pues aparece en la RAE: guiri

Nunca lo hubiera dicho

Se ve que en Canarias os llaman "choni" (se supone que viene de Johnny). A ver si Perikles sabe algo del tema