Agh....the very excellent bar I've discovered in my neighborhood, Pícaro, where I've been coming to for café con leche and internet that thus far has played excellent soul tunes, the likes of Ray Charles and Bill Withers, is now playing live Sting. I'm listening to this tantric-sex-having idol of wealthy housewives around the world singlehandedly destroy his own songs, which were groundbreaking 20 years ago and are now being reinvented as slowed-down, smooth jazzy mush. I feel utterly betrayed. But hey, I guess nobody's perfect. I'll let it slide for now, Pícaro.
Anyway enough of the Sting rant. Here's something I though was blogworthy, or at least mildly funny: Tons of words here, being English in origin or from American pop-culture, are here in Spain used with the same spelling and meaning, but pronounced Spanish style. I guess this is bound to happen, because there are vowels and consonants in English that people are just not accustomed to here at all, but sometimes it sounds pretty hilarious. Although I shouldn't make too much fun, considering when I try to roll my "rr's" I often end up sounding like I'm choking on something.
Whip Express (Beep Express)
Club (Cloob)
My Morning Jacket (Me Mourneeng Chocket)
Jazz (Chozz)
Michael Douglas (Meekol Dooglos)
Anyway enough of the Sting rant. Here's something I though was blogworthy, or at least mildly funny: Tons of words here, being English in origin or from American pop-culture, are here in Spain used with the same spelling and meaning, but pronounced Spanish style. I guess this is bound to happen, because there are vowels and consonants in English that people are just not accustomed to here at all, but sometimes it sounds pretty hilarious. Although I shouldn't make too much fun, considering when I try to roll my "rr's" I often end up sounding like I'm choking on something.
Whip Express (Beep Express)
Club (Cloob)
My Morning Jacket (Me Mourneeng Chocket)
Jazz (Chozz)
Michael Douglas (Meekol Dooglos)
haha...so funny!!!
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