[Groop]RE: Mad Art
Culdagor
culdagor@netcabo.pt
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:43:10 -0000
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I'll take you by the numbers, and BTW Portuguese has noting to do with =
Spanish (although some of us consider Spanish poorly spoken Portuguese =
but that another matter)
So:
The sentence roughly translates to.
"Yet there are more expensive SPROUTS"
Now GRELO is SPROUT in Portuguese (turnips sprouts to be exact), but at =
the same time is slang for vagina (which leads to a number of curious =
and funny games of word play).
So the joke would be that there are indeed more expensive vegetables, =
or.... vaginas.
It's those kind of jokes you only get if you really speak the language.
My chiropractor is American from Minnesota, and learning Portuguese is =
driving him nuts.... not a language you'd learn unless you do it from =
birth.
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To: Groop@groo.com=20
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Groop]RE: Mad Art
In a message dated 2/13/2003 6:02:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, =
culdagor@netcabo.pt writes:=20
Apesar de tudo h=E1 GRELO mais caro!=20
---------------------->I speak Spanish. Doesn't it figure that the =
only word I don't understand is "grelo", the joke word. Oh well.=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll take you by the numbers, and BTW =
Portuguese=20
has noting to do with Spanish (although some of us consider Spanish =
poorly=20
spoken Portuguese but that another matter)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The sentence roughly translates =
to.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Yet there are more expensive =
SPROUTS"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now GRELO is SPROUT in Portuguese =
(turnips sprouts=20
to be exact), but at the same time is slang for vagina (which leads to a =
number=20
of curious and funny games of word play).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So the joke would be that there are =
indeed more=20
expensive vegetables, or.... vaginas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It's those kind of jokes you only get =
if you really=20
speak the language.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My chiropractor is American from =
Minnesota, and=20
learning Portuguese is driving him nuts.... not a language you'd learn =
unless=20
you do it from birth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop]RE: Mad =
Art</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>In a =
message dated=20
2/13/2003 6:02:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, <A=20
href=3D"mailto:culdagor@netcabo.pt">culdagor@netcabo.pt</A> writes: =
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TYPE=3D"CITE">Apesar de tudo h=E1 GRELO mais caro!=20
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>---------------------->I speak Spanish.=20
Doesn't it figure that the only word I don't understand is =
"grelo", the=20
joke word. Oh well.</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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