[This post is going to be in French and English, because it just didn’t come out in Spanish… it’s weird, but that’s what my fingers wanted to type. English version below. First, en français.] Jeudi dernier j’ai eu la chance de connaître et d’échanger quelques mots avec Julie Maroh. Plus important encore : j’ai eu la chance … Continue reading
Talking the other day with one of my flat-mates, I discovered that we, Spanish-speaking people, are the only ones that compare the world with a handkerchief to say that it’s a small world. French and German say either ‘it’s a small world’ or compare it with a little village. But French has a more poetic … Continue reading
Con esta primavera tan rara que estamos teniendo, parece hasta apropiado que los alemanes hablen de nieve. With such a crazy spring, it’s almost appropriate for the Germans to talk about snow. Continue reading
Why, then, the world’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, William Shakespeare. This is the first written records of the expression ‘the world is one’s oyster’, though nowadays the most used form of it is ‘the world is your oyster’. But what does this expression mean? Does it … Continue reading
Busy week, quick multidiom. Continue reading
[English version below.] Hoy toca hablar de lluvia. Es increíble la de formas de decir que llueve mucho que existen. En nuestra lengua, español, tenemos “llover a mares”, “llover a cántaros”, “caer chuzos de punta”… En inglés, “it’s raining buckets” queda muy soso y también tienen gatos y perros cayendo de los cielos. ¿O quizás … Continue reading
Here is a new ‘Multidiom’. This time, it is a really easy one to translate into German or French, but… why do we Spaniards talk about ‘nuts’? Here is a possible explanation (in Spanish). We Spaniards love anecdotes, and this one shows our ‘picaresca’ 😉 Enjoy! Continue reading
Spring finally seems to have decided to arrive, so, why don’t we enjoy some sweet treat? Some tea and cake? 😉 As a curiosity, the German version could be also ‘Die Krönung des Ganzen’, but I find it easier, more beautiful and shorter ‘Als Krönung’. Economy of the language, guys! And I was looking forward … Continue reading
Moi, je dis que je n’aime pas la poésie. Ce n’est pas faux du tout : je préfère les romans ou le théâtre. Lire de la poésie, ce n’est pas pour moi. Ah, mais si on la lit à haut voix, ça c’est différent. Donc, aujourd’hui c’est l’anniversaire de Baudelaire. Jusqu’à l’année dernière, je n’avais rien … Continue reading
Estos días, con entrevistas de trabajo, asistencia a ferias de empleo y lecturas, me han dicho esto varias veces. Siempre me hizo gracia la expresión en inglés, pues la historia detrás de la escatológica frase española la conocía, y de hecho es la misma que la de la frase francesa, como nos cuenta Wikipedia [ES]. Pero, … Continue reading
Entre dos lenguas 