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Thursday, September 14, 2006



One Tacos, Please.

When someone in Japan only wants one taco, they say tacos. Apparently, the Japanese imported the plural and left the singular back in Mexico. There is no singular form of taco here, only plural. Not realizing this, I asked my high school class to define a "taco" (singular). I was accosted with blank stares, for they only knew "tacos". After squeals and squawks of mental anguish: "huh, nani??" , "eh, nani??, they boldly ventured to write their definitions. These two made the most sense:


taco (n):
"It has ten foots"
"Someone who is not smart"

Classic.

2 Comments:

  • At 8:52 AM, Blogger badbeau said…

    now do they know hard shell and soft shell? because if all they know is taco bell, you need as a representative of The USofA, give them carne asada knowledge, oh wait... tacos came from south of the Border. Forget it teach them what they really need to know, sex, drugs and ROCK AND ROLL MAN!

     
  • At 6:09 PM, Blogger Mr.SnC said…

    what the????....smack em!!! Taco is a sacred thing, I should know! i just came back from the taco capital of the WORLD!!!!
    Can't find good tacos in the states!

     

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