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Old May 09, 2008, 06:23 AM
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No era mi intención insultarte, Poli, pero la manera en que te estabas defendiendo, me dió pena... vamos!
De todas manera, escribes y expresas incluyendo mejor que algunas poetas que conozco.
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No era mi intención insultarte, Poli, pero la manera en que te estabas defendiendo, me dio pena... ¡vamos!
De todas manera, escribes y te expresas mejor que algunas peotas que conozco.
Peotas: ¿pelotas, peonzas, personas, marmotas...?
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Alfonso, ¡cómo eres! (is this corrcet?)
Yes, it is.
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Gracias, Alfonso, por corrigirme.
¿Qué es una peonza?
Pelota ya sé,gracias a la santa Iris.
Personas... bueno, ya veremos.
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Peonza is a whipping top. What's a whipping top?
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I can't understand why you think poets are guilty of something.
But, if you are fond of metaphors, you can become a poet, guilty or innocent.
Pués,(can I use pues here?) Alfonso, no entiendes la ironía. Sí, es absurdo ser acusado por ser un poeta. Mi español es torpe sigo en inglés
To accuse someone of being a poet is completely absurd--as if it were(el subjuntivo en inglés) a crime. To defend youself against such accusations takes it further. Then, Jane defends the accused victim. The victim
then, gets insulted at the accusation of not being a poet. This is a prime
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Pués,(can I use pues here?) Alfonso, no entiendes la ironía. Sí, es absurdo ser acusado por ser un poeta. Mi español es torpe sigo en inglés
To accuse someone of being a poet is completely absurd--as if it were(el subjuntivo en inglés) a crime. To defend youself against such accusations takes it further. Then, Jane defends the accused victim. The victim
then, gets insulted at the accusation of not being a poet. This is a prime
example of irony taken to an extreme.

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To accuse someone of being a poet is completely absurd...
That makes me feel better, since I thought you were a new Plato sending poets off from the perfect Republic.

Sí, puedes usar pues tal y como lo usas, pero sin acento.
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Old May 09, 2008, 07:11 AM
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Peotas: ¿pelotas, peonzas, personas, marmotas...?
Jane,
Notice none of his quesses include the obvious (poetas) sino palabras
mas o menos despectivas. Me parece que él está mostrando símtomas de una dificiencia cognitiva precós. ¡ Pobre Alfi!

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Peonza is a whipping top. What's a whipping top?
If I understand it correctly, peonza is a top (whipping/spinning/humming top [the toy]). This is a trompo in Mexico.

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