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Forum: Spain

Jun 30th 2008, 10:54 am

Replies: 141

Euro 2008

Views: 3,935

Posted By Olmos

Re: Euro 2008

just popping here to say thanks for the support. I saw the match in a pub in London, and everybody was trully happy for Spain to win.

44 years without a title for Spain. Sorted.
England: 44...

Forum: Spain

Mar 31st 2008, 3:54 pm

Replies: 79

What religion are you?

Views: 3,121

Posted By Olmos

Re: What religion are you?

Hi Carol,

Mestizo means mixed, but it was mostly referred to American Indian mix with Spaniards or europeans in general. I take the word as neutral nowadays. Even "mestizaje" has positive...

Forum: Spain

Mar 30th 2008, 10:24 pm

Replies: 79

What religion are you?

Views: 3,121

Posted By Olmos

Re: What religion are you?

I thought half-cast was OK. :o

It is a delicate subject in English: I can say negro or mulato in Spanish, and it is not offensive (entonation is everything). But I was told that niger or mulatto...

Forum: Spain

Mar 30th 2008, 1:50 pm

Replies: 79

What religion are you?

Views: 3,121

Posted By Olmos

Re: What religion are you?

Nope, is half-cast.

Forum: Spain

Mar 30th 2008, 11:06 am

Replies: 79

What religion are you?

Views: 3,121

Posted By Olmos

Re: What religion are you?

...And British media called Spaniards "racists" because they pointed out that Hamilton was black...

Forum: Spain

Mar 29th 2008, 1:25 pm

Replies: 79

What religion are you?

Views: 3,121

Posted By Olmos

Re: What religion are you?

So I voted other even when I was christened Catholic, and still sometimes go to mass -my mother doesn't want to go on their own. But I don't believe what Catholic church preaches, then, why they can...

Forum: Spain

Mar 26th 2008, 9:22 pm

Replies: 85

Galicia or Cadiz area

Views: 7,281

Posted By Olmos

Re: Galicia or Cadiz area

Mitziboy, if you go to Monfero, t to go to have lunch in Betanzos. Really close. Another beautiful old town. There is a restaurant called "Las Casillas", they do the best spanish tortilla in the...

Forum: Spain

Mar 26th 2008, 9:07 pm

Replies: 85

Galicia or Cadiz area

Views: 7,281

Posted By Olmos

Re: Galicia or Cadiz area

Indeed Franco was from Ferrol, the town used to be called "El Ferrol del Caudillo". Fidel Castro's father was from Galicia, too. So 1-1.

Forum: Spain

Mar 26th 2008, 12:33 pm

Replies: 85

Galicia or Cadiz area

Views: 7,281

Posted By Olmos

Re: Galicia or Cadiz area

CSEstevo, excellent post.

I want to add some personal favs in Galicia: Pontevedra, a provincial small town, 45 min from Santiago. Amazing old quarter, full of live in the evenings. And Costa da...

Forum: Spain

Mar 23rd 2008, 5:37 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

also, lagarta = bitch

Forum: Spain

Mar 23rd 2008, 5:36 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

bil, brilliant. Just two comments,

I never heard chopa as jacket, but chupa (slang): chupa de cuero = leather jacket. Chopa sounds gipsy to me. Funnily enough, chupo means (at least in Galicia) a...

Forum: Spain

Mar 23rd 2008, 4:36 pm

Replies: 128

Understanding Spanish

Views: 4,917

Posted By Olmos

Re: Understanding Spanish

Bil, opposite direction now: there are several words and ways in Spanish to say "to be drunk"
estar borracho (drunk)
estar bebido (drunk)
estar cocido (boiled)
tener una curda...
estar pedo (to...

Forum: Spain

Mar 23rd 2008, 12:35 am

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

So, I am out then, trying to find my media naranja, though :p

Good night

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:50 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

And you can see sometimes deep rooted sexism:
Zorro, for men = smart. Zorra = whore. It surprised me than in English, foxie = sexy.

Another difference that interest me: The C word is serious...

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:36 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

You were saying..."don't know why it has a feeling with omoplato-ombligo", well, of course you know why: the words share some letters: 2 Os, 1 M, 1 L

Now, seriously, I prefer the English: Elm,...

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:30 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Hint: two Os, one M...:rofl:

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:19 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

It is my second surname

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:17 pm

Replies: 28

The Alhambra.

Views: 1,572

Posted By Olmos

Re: The Alhambra.

That reminds me my first girlfriend

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:14 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Thanks Jdr, yep, Viz is what I was looking for.

Bil, at the end all worked well for El Jueves, they got world exposure for free.

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2008, 11:05 pm

Replies: 28

The Alhambra.

Views: 1,572

Posted By Olmos

Re: The Alhambra.

If you are Spanish, but not from Granada, then your opinion about Granada is a tourist opinion.

Forum: Spain

Mar 20th 2008, 9:34 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Bil, if that happened in England, with a front cover showing prince Charles and Camilla in the same situation :eek:, do you think that a judge would confiscate the magazine?

Do you know any...

Forum: Spain

Mar 19th 2008, 7:58 pm

Replies: 43

Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

Views: 8,468

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish Newspapers and Magazines

El profesor Cojonciano. Class

Forum: Spain

Mar 18th 2008, 1:02 am

Replies: 41

Spanish wages

Views: 5,698

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish wages

I would like to live in London. I am loving it.

Forum: Spain

Mar 17th 2008, 10:55 pm

Replies: 41

Spanish wages

Views: 5,698

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish wages

The comparison I did is between the salary my brother was getting as NQT in a Galician town (21K Euros net), and a NQT inner London pay scale (24k £ gross, aprox 18K £ net). Do you seriously think...

Forum: Spain

Mar 17th 2008, 10:49 pm

Replies: 41

Spanish wages

Views: 5,698

Posted By Olmos

Re: Spanish wages

The 25% come from some study I read in El Pais, made by the Association of Tax Inspectors. It is black, so, nobody know. TBH, sometimes I have the feeling that is even bigger.

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