Not a pet shop

[jay]

Many shops in Spain end their names in the suffix -eria... panaderia (bread), cervezeria (beer, a bar), lavaderia (laundry), etc. Fine. I was even amused at the hybrid "croissanteria" sign that I saw in Granada last week. Until I saw "ferreteria"...which turns out to sell hardware and kitchen goods, metal stuff (ferrous materials, not small wiry mammals ;-).

Off to shower and to work...

Comments

[sonicsuperslide.livejournal.com]

ok..i love your posts. why?? os they make me think of things i would never think about. i love a man who is smart and this pic on your icon..is hot!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Awww.... (blush). I'm also glad that my posts are sometimes interesting :-).

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

So it's not unlike Mission Bl. through Union City and Hayward? :)

One of my favorite things about California is watching how Spanish becomes Spanish/English hybrids on shop signs and windows. But now that stretch of Mission is gradually shifting. A local market was advertising a "Divali Sale!" a couple of weeks ago.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

It's also interesting to me how Spanish words vary in usage... I never saw local government referred to as a "junta" in, say, Mexico. "Mejor" seems preferred here over "Grande" in Mexico, in similar usages, as another example.

[geekchick]

It's also interesting to me how Spanish words vary in usage...

*nod* I suspect it's similar to the differences between American and British English. I could dig around to see if I still have some of my old Spanish linguistics books if you're really interested in that sort of thing. Except they'd probably be in Spanish, come to think of it. Never mind. ;)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I wish that I'd taken an intensive Spanish-training course before this trip...