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Feb 08

battle of the sexes + a few slang words

You probably know that in lots of languages, nouns have gender that doesn't necessarily have much to do with how girly or masculine they are. In Spanish, for example, a dress (el vestido) is masculine but a tie (la corbata) is feminine. I learned today that men and women have some friendly arguments over what this all might mean.

  • Women will be sure to tell you that all problems (los problemas) are masculine, and all solutions (las soluciones) are feminine.
  • Men will mention that love (el amor) is masculine. Women will respond that hate (el odio) is too.
  • Women boast that life (la vida) is feminine. Men retort that so is death (la muerte).

Another fascinating fact about the language that I learned this week is that much of the slang in Peru is derived from rearranging the order of the letters of a word. Sometimes they lose a syllable in the process.

  • Beach: playa becomes yapla
  • Bathroom: bano becomes noba
  • Shirt: camisa becomes mica
  • Pants: pantalon becomes lompa
  • Lady/M'am: senora becomes norsa
  • Cop: boton (button) becomes tombo

Doesn't that seem like a game you might play in 5th grade?
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