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In the news, a Spanish couple on holiday in Norway found their lack of the language a bit expensive.... see

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/2008081...t-7f81b96.html

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:blink::eek::ohmy::rofl:

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An expensive holiday!

Still, mistakes like that are easily made... I walked into the doctors the other day and asked him for some cattle! I can't tell you how embarazada I felt... :o :rofl: :rofl:

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I once asked an Italian chemist for some amphetamines instead of antihistamines.

I did eventually get some allergy tablets !

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how many more weeks to go???:p:blink:;)


what did you actually want?

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...and still not decided on a name! :D

Some vaccinations - I guess there is a Latin link between the two!

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My husband once asked the greengrocer lady for two dogs to put in his stew.

(perros - dogs, puerros - leeks)

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like Italian in the sense that

cane = dog carne = meat.

And if you don't pronounce the double N in the penne type of pasta, guess what word you get instead !

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Wasps and bishops, testicles and cushions.

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same as in spanish:D

& the spanish spelling produces the same as the italian pronuciation

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and drawers

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Here's a list. If you have any to add to it let me know please.

SOUND ALIKE WORDS



abeja oveja bee sheep
avispa obispo wasp bishop
acantilado alcantarilla cliff sewer
arena harina sand flour
calabaza calabozo pumpkin dungeon
cacharro cachorro thingamajig puppy
campana campaña bell tent
cintura cinturón waist belt
ginebra jengibre gin ginger
hoguera ojera bonfire bag under the eyes
lenteja lentilla lentil contact lens
porro puro joint cigar
puerta puerto door port
rodilla rodillo knee rolling pin
almacenar amanecer amenazar to store, to dawn, to threaten
caballa caballo cabello mackerel, horse, hair
cajón cojín cojón drawer, cushion, testicle

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Don’t forget

caga, carga

cono, coño

but I’m not translating the last one:eek:

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coña = joke, p*ss take

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This list is more interesting, and is for words where a change of gender changes meaning.

FEMALE & MALE 15



arco arch, bow arca chest
barco large boat barca small boat
bolso purse bolsa bag (shopping)
brazo arm braza breast stroke
caballo horse caballa mackerel
cacharro pot, dish cacharra gun, pistol
cerillo match cerilla candle, earwax
chopo poplar chopa jacket
chorro jet, stream chorra luck
coño **** coña joke, piss take
copo small ball of cloth copa glass
cuchillo knife cuchilla razor
cuento story cuenta bill, account
el frente front la frente forehead
gorro woolly hat, etc gorra peaked cap
grifo tap grifa dope, hash
jaleo noise, racket jalea jelly
lagarto lizard lagarta gypsy moth/bitch
el mañana tomorrow la mañana morning
marco frame marca mark, trace, trademark
momio bargain momia mummy (Egyptian)
morado purple morada dwelling, abode
paleto hick, yokel paleta trowel
palo stick, handle pala spade
pasmo amazement pasma police
pasto pasture pasta money
pimiento capiscum pimienta pepper (condiment)
plato plate plata silver
plazo installment plaza square
pollo chicken polla prick
porro joint porra club, baton
preso prisoner presa prey, catch
puerto port puerta door
rastro trail rastra rake
rebeco chamois, ibex rebeca cardigan
rodillo rolling pin rodilla knee
trazo line, stroke, sketch, outline traza aspect, appearance
seto hedge seta fungus
sótano basement sotana cassock
vacuno cow vacuna vaccine
zorro fox zorra bitch

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I like to enter the words as the same sort of structure, so I'll enter that as cagar vs. cargar

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What a star. Tried to give you karma but said I had to 'spread some reputation'. Don't know what this means so take karma as given.

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Thank you.

If you or anyone else want such lists I have a lot. Just say what you want.

1 Index
2 Animal Parts
3 Animals Mammals
4 Animals Reptiles & Amphibia
5 Bank
6 Bathroom & Bedroom
7 Bicycle
8ab Birds Alphabetically
8cd Birds By Group
9a Body Body parts
9b Body Illness
10 Buildings
11 Car
12a Clothes 1 Clothes
12b Clothes 2 Feet, Materials, Hair & Adj.
12c Clothes 3 Accessories & General
12d Clothes 4 Colours
13 Dining & Drawing room
14 Family
15 Female & Male
16 Fish
17 Fishing
18 Fruit
19 Garden
20a Groceries 1 Shop, Flour & Dairy
20b Groceries 2 Seasoning & Drinks
20c Groceries 3 General
20d Groceries 4 Cooking
21ab House
22 Inverts
23 Jobs
24ab Kitchen
25 Meat
26a Odds & Sods 1. Handles & General
26b Odds & Sods 2. General
26c Odds & Sods 3. General
27ab Plants
28ab Roads
29ab Scenery Dry
30a Scenery Wet Saltwater
30b Scenery Wet Freshwater
31 Sound Alike Words
32 Temporal Matters 1.
33 Temporal Matters 2.
34ab Tools
35 Travel
36 Trees
37 Vegetables
38ab Verb List
39 Weather

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Means you must give Karma to other people before giving it again to the same person.

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actually I rather like what some common spanish food items are called

for instance..............

Bimbo bread

fartons

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"Bonka" coffee
Sweets called "bon bon bum"
Tea from "Horniman"
Cheese and onion "Lays"
Clothes from Eroski... called "Toty line"

Also once saw a child's chair with a cartoon dog on it in Carrefour, on the box it said it was "doggie style"... :eek: :D

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When some friends of mine first arrived in Spain, they ordered a coche, (car) a cocina (cooker) and a cortina (Curtain).

A phone call arrived to say one of them was ready, they thought they heard the word coche so my friends went off to the garage. The guy looked at them in amazement. The car was not ready and he had not phoned them.

So they went off to get the cooker -same result.

The same phone call - this time they heard the word 'cortina', but got muddled up and said 'Cortina? I ordered a Renault Kangoo!'

I'm glad to say they got everything eventually!

:rofl::rofl:

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You can also get 'molde' (mouldy) bread, 'colon' washing powder and 'crapi' crisps.

A young friend of mine REALLY wanted some 'bum' lollies so he could tell all his friends he'd been licking his bum. Unfortunately, we couldn't find any that day!

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Bonka coffee isn't too bad at all. I had to try it with a name like that.

Food and sex cross over a lot, so you have to be very careful about eating a
Rosco or dipping your churro.

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And be careful how you ask for a big chicken in KFC! :rofl: :huh:

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Yeah, Jan makes that mistake a lot.

Perhaps she is up to something???

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Tea from "Horniman"

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Thats a UK company