Subj : This week's issue
To   : Darryl Perry
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Tue Jul 10 2018 09:25:42

Hello Darryl,

08 Jul 18 13:31 at you wrote to me:

 DP> Living in California, you encounter many cities with spanish names.  I
 DP> live in San Jose, but there's also Santa Clara, Salida, Los Banos,
 DP> Buena Vista, Rio Grande, and too many other places and names.  It make
 DP> me wonder what spanish speakers think when we drop names like "The
 DP> Toilet" or "The Beautifal View" or "Big River" when speaking in
 DP> english.

Indeed, I was born in San Diego and lived all over the Inland Empire.  
Riverside, Sunnymead (before it became Moreno Valley), Victorville, Hesperia, 
San Bernadino (Berdoo), Highland ... and yes, some of the names are pretty 
funny when translated.  It's much like how we use the French word "entree" for 
our main course; it confuses some of my French Canadian co-workers when they 
think that huge meal is actually an appetizer. :D

I had to translate "La Bamba" to English in 9th grade in 1987.  That song is 
amazingly silly when translated to English. :D

Just like someone calling himself "rich and smooth" back in the 90s. :D

Later,
Sean

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