Flat Wrong

The Spanish had armadas; the Americas, flotillas. The Amazon has capybara; the Andes has chinchillas. Kentucky has its sassafras; Madagascar has vanilla. Napoleon lost at Waterloo; Frazier, in Manila. Will a person tell the Mexicans how to pronounce tortilla?

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Bill Baker

Date: 9/6/2022 5:07:00 PM

Enjoyed the informative write, Jeff. Bill

L Milton Hankins

Date: 9/6/2022 10:41:00 AM

Funny, clever, and cute, Jeff. Do you speak Spanish? If you do, surely you know that a double L in Spanish is pronounced as a Y. To, it is correctly Tore-tea-yah. So there!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 9/6/2022 9:20:00 PM

Senor Jeff, I love the word "dimasiado" which, as you know, means "too" in Spanish. I try to use it as often as possible because it has such a nice sound. I think it's spelled with a C rather than an S, if I'm not mistaken. Me falta mucho practicas con mi espanol.

Jeff Kyser
Date: 9/6/2022 10:57:00 AM

Yes, the idea of course was to lead the reader to mispronounce it through the assumed rhyme, lol. My Spanish is limited to ‘Mis pantalones son dimasiado grandes…’ :-)

Jenna Logan

Date: 9/6/2022 9:03:00 AM

I'm not volunteering for that job. I'd never make it back home in one piece. You are such an imaginative poet, Jeff.

Jenna Logan
Date: 9/6/2022 10:19:00 AM

but it's been well preserved and still working

Jeff Kyser
Date: 9/6/2022 9:16:00 AM

I attribute it to meningitis with 106 degree fever at the age of 3 - baked the noodle a bit past well done :-)