tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331618108385488261.post7000781427197878866..comments2023-10-22T04:42:10.127-06:00Comments on What Happened to the Subtitles?: Language Artsmore cowbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331618108385488261.post-39933066012023708842015-09-16T09:08:26.686-06:002015-09-16T09:08:26.686-06:00Booda, you know of what I speak with the wearisome...Booda, you know of what I speak with the wearisome part, having experienced Hungarian. Talk about a difficult language. Six years of trying, and I was only about at preschool level when I left. Makes German and Spanish seem like a walk in the park, and I am grateful to live in a place where the language is (in comparison) fairly easy to get a handle on. I hear you about those nostalgic days when you're just brain-tired and longing for anything familiar. But then some asshattery on the Interwebs usually cures me of that. I do love where I am.<br><br>Rosemary, yes, "puto" is a dirty, dirty word -- derogatory to The Gays -- and "puta" is a dirty, dirty whore. Odd, "puta" was considered pretty offensive by my Mexican friends, but in Costa Rica, the many versions of "hijo de puta" are fairly benign. Huepucha, I'll have to write about that sometime.more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331618108385488261.post-52191990948144528412015-09-15T19:53:52.388-06:002015-09-15T19:53:52.388-06:00You are brilliant...ditto hat, booda, and jp's...You are brilliant...ditto hat, booda, and jp's comments. Yeah, I took Latin in high school...I remember puella...that's it. I did know puto when I was in high school, but I think that's a bad word.rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300107116527320425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331618108385488261.post-80148648376212638152015-09-15T08:31:12.815-06:002015-09-15T08:31:12.815-06:00This was so good!! Although I've never even bo...This was so good!! Although I've never even bothered to try to master another language, I think anyone can understand those symptoms of being a little bit on the outside of understanding. (I really like how I approached languages and mixing them up and the fantastical chemistry one experiences but it gets SO wearisome and all those things you wrote about so well become the stuff that makes someone ache ache ACHE with nostalgia for even the nitwit among their own countrymen. Ha.)<br><br>I also am CRAZY about your 'four years later' update. I didn't expect to be inspired, but ... ta da and horns and all that stuff. I was. Such a wonderful post.booda babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424036488795599663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331618108385488261.post-20260555073290714572015-09-13T09:55:09.305-06:002015-09-13T09:55:09.305-06:00So weird. I actually have considered Cracked, but ...So weird. I actually <i>have</i> considered Cracked, but you all know how I do ... it was a "Yes, I'll do THAT!" moment, and I started looking for things to submit, and then ... look, a dog video, and have you made your lesson for tomorrow? <br><br>It was an experiment. The list-ish thing. In general I abhor the listicles that have taken over the Interwebs. I used a modified version here because there were actual relevant categories -- maybe new (and hopefully interesting) info for people who haven't had to live in another language -- and I thought this might break it up visually. Because brevity. Not my strong suit to begin with, and I don't want to drive readers to skim or click on dog videos. <br><br>A blog post should not, I suppose, be the length of a short story, especially in this format where the writing is confined to a skinny little scrolling strip that makes it look even longer. Not that I could write short stories. I've never written fiction, other than the illustrated and illustrious <i>Cat and Kitten</i> series I penned at the age of eight. <br><br>Also, I'm still working on a clever name for a new blog that may attract people interested in CR with questions like, "Is Spanish hard?" and "What is life like on the island?", so ... yeah, experiment.<br><br>80s music ... you know, I roll my eyes, but when it comes on, I'm the first to bust out with, "Uh oh ... aw yeah, there it is!" It's just so weird that 80s music stays so popular in other countries. <br><br>Hat: Mi lapiz para siempre! Me gusta el baño! <br><br>Kidding. Don't yell that anywhere. "A-ha para siempre! La música de los ochenta es mi vida!" Yeah ... not quite as brief.more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.com