Comments on: If you read Spanish you need a permit — or the cops may get you http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/ Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Other John http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-264406 Other John Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:24:23 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-264406 @ dobbs…that seriously made me laugh!

]]> By: dobbs http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-264077 dobbs Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:30:46 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-264077 OJ, not sure if you meant to, but you just insulted horse piss.

]]> By: Other John http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263844 Other John Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:54:34 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263844 Kristen, I think that’s a bit insulting to PBR…which is actually pretty decent, especially for the price. I’d compare Corona more to Milwaukee’s Best…which I’ve heard referred to as carbonated horse piss.

And Sandi…yeah, when I look at the text of the signs, it’s hard to claim it was a translation mistake…translation mistakes invole paerhaps a word or two meaning having a slightly different meaning from the intended, or maybe a phrase being a little different. The signs are completely different in every respect, except the background and text colors.

]]> By: Sandi Saunders http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263602 Sandi Saunders Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:40:18 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263602 Ustedes debe tener un permiso para jugar en este campo. Violadores seran susceptibles a accion policial. “You must have a permit to play in this field. Violators will be subject to police action.”

Is not really even close to:

Los padres o tutores supervisión es necesaria para el uso de este patio de recreo. Juega a tu propio riesgo. “A parent or guardian supervision is required for use of this playground. Play at your own risk.”

I would think anyone making, or anyone in charge of, a sign in a city with enough Spanish speaking people to require the sign in the first place would have only minor errors. This seems deliberate.

Even Babelfish did it right: “Supervisión de un padre o tutor es requerida para el uso de este patio de recreo. Jugar bajo su propio riesgo.” =”Supervision of a parent or guardian is required to use this playground. Play at your own risk.”

Nope, it is deliberate and I cannot speak much more than a word of Spanish.

]]> By: Kristen http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263593 Kristen Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:22:12 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263593 I’ve memorized “cerveza mas fina” from Corona bottles. Although I’ve been told it’s the PBR of Mexico.

]]> By: Other John http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263494 Other John Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:47:49 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263494 haha, Hillary…that is a great story!

Makes me wonder if he thought you all were pulling a “Danial Boone” for dinner…

http://www.zandkantiques.com/Folk-Art-Paint-Decorated-Box-Patriotic-Americana-Daniel-Boone-For-Sale.html

]]> By: Hillary http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263483 Hillary Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:15:05 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263483 OJ – while I was in Acapulco with a group of friends, we used a small English to Spanish dictionary. We were all going to order
beer – having had enough of the Mexican Margarita – when my friend thinking she looked up beer, instead, gave us the word for bear – un oso – so that’s what we ordered… the bartender [camarero] gave us the most startled look I have ever seen…thinking he had not heard us, we repeated it…needless to say we never did get that bear!

]]> By: Other John http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263428 Other John Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:11:34 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263428 Miriam, I would tend to agree…the only time I’ve actually needed to use it was to order a cheeseburger at an A&W in the RDU airport back in 1998. It was a while before my flight to St. Louis, and the entire staff was hispanic. They had trouble understanding my order, so I repeated it Spanish…they got it right, so I had no complaints.

Hillary, I sure would not to find an oso (bear) anywhere near me in a bar…unless it’s been to a taxidermist first, and even then, I still find those things a bit weird anyway!

]]> By: Miriam http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263408 Miriam Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:24:08 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263408 Other John, I think you should be able to always order a beer in english if you are standing on American soil…or American flooring inside a bar located in America…

:)

]]> By: Hillary http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2013/01/if-you-read-spanish-you-need-a-permit-or-the-cops-may-get-you/#comment-263397 Hillary Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:04:07 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/?p=35512#comment-263397 Comment by Other John — January 8, 2013 @ 12:28 pm

Una cerveza o un oso?

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