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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
BTW, "Guero Negro" would make kind of an interesting paradox, no? |
I like Schwarzenegger for the same reason.
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rts551
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Peple who make two mANY speling erors out to be baned
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
I've refrained from using BOLA since Roberto pointed out what an insult that was to the people of Bahia de Los Angeles. Having lived in San
Francisco, I share natives' umbrage at "Frisco". But, ultimately this is an unwinable battle, no?
[Edited on 3-28-2008 by Oso] |
This is probably one of many dumb questions I have in storage, but what exactly is the objection to "BOLA"? Is it simply the abbreviation (i.e.,
"Frisco" versus "San Francisco") or is it something deeper than that? I have known for years that "BOLA" is not politically correct, but I have never
known why.
++Ken++
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
I have known for years that "BOLA" is not politically correct, but I have never known why.
++Ken++ |
Mexico converses largely with acronyms such as BOLA. This one may not pass their test because it's an acronym for a pile of English words, leaving
the Mexican with a term for his town which translates to "Ball."
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Kell-Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
Peple who make two mANY speling erors out to be baned |
I shure do agriee
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Bondy
I have known for years that "BOLA" is not politically correct, but I have never known why.
++Ken++ |
Mexico converses largely with acronyms such as BOLA. This one may not pass their test because it's an acronym for a pile of English words, leaving
the Mexican with a term for his town which translates to "Ball." |
A new ad campaign for Bahia de Los Angeles..............
Have a ball in BOLA!
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Tiajuana? It probably started out like that but, I think the A has officially been dropped.
So, how about a stateside error ....Mission Viejo.
La Mision--fem......would be followed correctly by Vieja but, it sounded better the incorrect way. |
Actually Mission Viejo is technically correct, as it originally was part of Rancho Mission Viejo (RMV). And Rancho is masculine....
RMV was established in 1882 at a size of 200,000 acres and was composed of Rancho Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, and Rancho
Trabuco. What became the City of Mission Viejo was split off from the original Rancho when it was developed the 1960's.
Descendants of the original families still own and farm a little over 20,000 acres of the original RMV land. The government, of course, bought the
Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores portion for Camp Pendleton in WWII.
For those who are interested in more:
RMV history
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
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David K
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In Del Mar (San Diego County) is a major street Via de la Valle (LA Valle???) Nobody checked before the road was named, I guess...
In the bathrooms, it was LAVE SUS MANOS for many years! 
La Jolla (California) is actually supposed to mean The Jewel... which in Spanish is LA JOYA!
As for Baja place names: Puertecitos, Guerrero Negro, Alfonsina's, Santa Rosalillita, Santo Tomas, San Vicente, San Quintin, Los Barriles, Loreto,
Mulege, Rosarito are all frequently mis-spelled... and we have had many a posts about that over the years.
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
In the bathrooms, it was LAVE SUS MANOS for many years!
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And how would you say that correctly?
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David K
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In Spanish it's LAS MANOS, because it is assumed they are your hands, so you say 'the hands'.... Lavese las manos.
Manos is one of those rare words like agua which uses the opposite gender form of the: EL Agua, LAS Manos...
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DanO
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Please is not spelled PLS. Just saying.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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DianaT
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Sad to see the spelling police back in full force. 
So, I guess there will also be no more IMHO, or BTW, or the one I would like to share with the spelling police STFU.
Now, let us think of other ways others can intimidate people who might want to post.
Diane
[Edited on 3-29-2008 by jdtrotter]
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meme
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WTG Diane!!
You said it all! LUV IT!!
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sylens
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
Please is not spelled PLS. Just saying. |
lili
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Manos is one of those rare words like agua which uses the opposite gender form of the: EL Agua, LAS Manos... |
Care to clarify that statement? 
Fact: Both nouns are feminine.
--Larry |
Okay, some words that end in an O are feminine, and some that end with an A are masculine... is that better Larry?
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I just joked with my wife that after a few months in Baja, our spellcheck on our computer is going to have a new Spanish Edition added after trying to
name all the places we've been on our travel blogs.
I try and always check my speeling off of the maps or travel books we have....so hopefully I'm safe
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rts551
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you are never safe on this board!!!!!!!!!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EMAM
I just joked with my wife that after a few months in Baja, our spellcheck on our computer is going to have a new Spanish Edition added after trying to
name all the places we've been on our travel blogs.
I try and always check my speeling off of the maps or travel books we have....so hopefully I'm safe |
So is it okay for someone here to let you know the place where you saw those manta rays flying is LOS BARRILES (not Berriles)?
Seroiusly, those photos are outstanding... I hope they get selected for next year's Baja Calendar! Marv Sherrill used two of my photos this year, and
one of the Bighorn sheep shots made it. Order one from the Tienda Baja Nomad!
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bajabound2005
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EMAM
I just joked with my wife that after a few months in Baja, our spellcheck on our computer is going to have a new Spanish Edition added after trying to
name all the places we've been on our travel blogs.
I try and always check my speeling off of the maps or travel books we have....so hopefully I'm safe |
Oops! Better check your speeling of spelling
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
not because "agua" breaks some "gender rule" as does "manos" |
The "el" does break the rule, though, right? I mean it should be the feminine article "la" otherwise.
I've asked the question of educated mexicans many times - nobody was able to explain why "el agua" instead of "la agua". You're the first, and you're
not even a native speaker! Where'd you get that information?
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