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[*] posted on 8-17-2007 at 10:10 AM


My Spanish is very poor, but think I got that one. It didn't seem different from an English joke to me (if I got the meaning right).
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[*] posted on 8-17-2007 at 10:14 AM


I think that I got it too.
How will we know for sure, Larry?




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[*] posted on 8-17-2007 at 10:55 AM


I got it but I don't think you were asking me. :rolleyes:



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[*] posted on 8-17-2007 at 11:10 AM


Do you get this one?

UN HOMBRE FIEL
Un hombre despertó aquella mañana con una tremenda cruda...
La noche anterior se había pegado una parranda fuera de casa....bebió como un loco, ni siquiera se acordaba como había regresado a su casa... Preso de un dolor de cabeza lacerante, dolidos todos los músculos del cuerpo, la garganta más reseca que lengua de loro; en la boca un sabor a cobre, vinagre.
Tenía miedo aún de abrir los ojos pues lo esperaba, de seguro, la encabronada de su vieja. Abrió los ojos como pudo, y lo que vió lo dejó loco. Sobre la mesa de noche estaba una pequeña hielera llena de cubitos de hielo con un par de cervezas bien frías... Al lado, había un par de Alka-Seltzers y un vaso de agua. Recargado en el vaso estaba un
sobrecito. El tipo anonadado abrió el sobre y en su interior halló un recado que decía:
Amor mío, vida de mi vida:
Perdona que no esté aquí para atenderte... Salí un momento, pero regreso al rato para estar contigo... Te he dejado estas cosas sobre la mesita para que alivies el
malestar que quizá sientas después de la borrachera de anoche... Te he preparado un caldo como a ti te gusta... pollo y res... que te espera en el comedor. Le pedí a nuestro hijo que te lo sirva y que esté pendiente de ti.
Te dejo un beso con todo mi amor. Tu esposa que te adora. El hombre no daba crédito a sus ojos. Bebió con deleite las dos cervezas bien frías, se bañó, se vistió y bajo al comedor. Ahí en efecto lo esperaba su hijo, que lo saludó con cariño y le sirvió el caldo preparado por su madre.
Se lo comió en silencio, y el asombrado padre... pensó... ¿Qué está sucediendo?... ¿Soñaba acaso?... ¿Era aquello una vana ilusión de sus
sentidos? Entonces se atrevió a preguntar con timidez: ¿Qué
pasó anoche, hijo?
Llegaste a las 3 de la mañana y venías en completo
estado de ebriedad, chocaste el carro en la puerta del garaje; le diste una patada al gato; te vomitaste en la sala y arruinaste la alfombra que mi mamá acababa de comprar, te orinaste en el closet. Luego te caíste en la escalera y ahí quedaste... privado, sin sentido. Tuvo que despertarme mi
mamá para que la ayudara a llevarte a la cama. Y...¿Entonces? pregunta el señor- ¿por qué todo esto?... ¿por qué las cervecitas y el amoroso recadito, y el tremendo caldo y todas estas finas atenciones? Responde el muchacho: Porque mamá te iba a desvestir en la cama y cuando empezó a bajarte los pantalones, tú dijiste: ¡¡¡QUIETA PERRA!!!... ¡¡¡QUE SOY CASADO!!!.
2 Alka-Seltzers: $3 pesos
2 Cervezas frías :$14 pesos
Caldo con sopa Maggi: $20 pesos
Decir las palabras correctas en el momento preciso...
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[*] posted on 8-17-2007 at 08:20 PM


I think the "animales" joke is funny not because of a Spanish linguistic quirk, but because you expect a different answer. The joke works even if it's literally translated into English.
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[*] posted on 8-17-2007 at 10:11 PM


Ferna, I got it, but I have to say the wife was much too nice.

I think I'd have told the guy to go pitch a tent in the back forty and just do as he pleases, and not to come to my casa no mo':lol::lol::no:




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[*] posted on 8-19-2007 at 06:25 AM


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Originally posted by lencho
How about that "Politicament Correcto" thang... did you get that one? Oh, wait, didn't you learn Spanish in "Che-landia"?


Che, pibe...

...yes, I saw that one but it didn't tickle my funny bone like some of the other language jokes on this forum. This particular one made me think, and I understood it because of my background, but immediately I started wondering how it could be funny to anybody not acquainted with Argentinian colloquialisms.

BTW, 60 years ago few Europeans and their decendants spoke the native castellano portenio of the city of Buenos Aires. My family spoke the more formal "educated" Castilian and avoided native ethnic mannerisms and pronounciation derived from Italian and Portuguese; this is how "extranjeros" set themselves apart...

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[*] posted on 8-19-2007 at 08:41 AM


Lencho, yes, it is worthwhile to post ALL levels of humor, even if once in a while somebody misses the punchline because of a local mannerism.

My Microsoft Word program lists 20 different versions of Spanish from various Latin American countries, and even 2 versions for Spain: "Modern" and "Traditional."

Even here in Todos Santos they have their own dialect, and especially if they don't want me to understand, I won't. I'm sure that there are some linguistic jokes circulating around La Paz that would make no sense to a ranchero in the mountains 50 miles south of there.

I'm not sure of the origins of Buenos Aires' portenio dialect, but it has a lot of Italian slang in it, and because of its proximity to Brazil, some Portuguese. Out in the provinces the language of the gauchos has a lot more "Indian" words and syntax. I'm not a linguist, nor a historian, so pardon me twicely.
I think of the difference between portenio and castellano as the difference between rural German and Hoch Deutsch.

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[*] posted on 8-19-2007 at 09:40 AM


"Viejas melodias en Guaraní"



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[*] posted on 8-19-2007 at 02:24 PM
HUH?


Quote:
Originally posted by Oso

"Viejas melodias en Guaraní"



Oso, I googled your quote because I didn't know what else to do with it, and there were 1,910 results. Still don't have a clue what your post means, but it is very intriguing...

Please explain!
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