Santiago
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No Conozco
I text a friend if he knew who Peso Pluma was and I got back the reply, "No conozco".
So I go out to the shop that's chuck full of Spanish speakers and say "Como se dice 'conozco' in English?" First guy says "don't know" so I ask the
next guy and HE says "don't know" too. So I go into the front office and ask Ms Rivera and SHE says "I don't know".
WTF??
For the rest of the day, everyone walking past my office is sticking their head in and saying "I just don't know boss".
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David K
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freediverbrian
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Then everyone started their rendition of Who's on First.
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pauldavidmena
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Quote: Originally posted by lencho  |
Cute joke; in a similar vein, the reply could have been "lo desconozco", or "lo ignoro", cool verbs for which I don't believe English has exact
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Where I grew up in NY, there's is the verb "dunno", as in "I dunno."
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surabi
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
Cute joke; in a similar vein, the reply could have been "lo desconozco", or "lo ignoro", cool verbs for which I don't believe English has exact
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Maybe an equivalent in English for "desconozco" would be the "I can't recall" refrain of many who are questioned in a court of law.
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conozco
cnosco
knosco
know
Harald Pietschmann
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SFandH
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Pues, no sé.......
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lencho
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El que sabe lo que no sabe, sabe más que el que no sabe lo que no sabe.
"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is, by how stupid he thinks I
am."
"...they were careful of their demeanor that they not be thought to have opinions on what they heard for like most men skilled at their work they
were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand."
Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
"Be kind, be patient, help others." -- Isabel Allende
"My gas stove identifies as electric." Anonymous
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