You know what, fuuuck the clásico, this is the best. Mirandés (2nd league) just beat Espanyol (1st league). Absolutely insane. They were playing at their own TINY stadium and when they won (breaking a tie in extra minutes, no less!!) all the fans rushed the field (“Ayyy mira que es todo el pueblo!” -my roommate). Little boys were taking pictures with the players. Not all futbol is created equal. These players have to have other jobs. The guy who scored the winning goal works at a bank.
the spanish word for “lighter”
mechero
what i’ve been saying for the past four months
lechero
what that means
milkman
It’s killing me, and I’ve already wasted way too much time with Google and other things trying to find it.
It’s a creepy short story, I read it in 4th or 5th grade. A girl has two cats/kittens. They get sick and die - I think first one, then the other. She tries really hard to save them. The ghost of one of the cats haunts her and makes her really sick. OR the second cat doesn’t die but gets stronger as she gets sicker? I can’t really remember. She has a fever and is near death when the ghosts of some of her other pets (whiiiich… were buried outside?) come and save her.
This is driving me crazy. It was a good story; I remember being really creeped out when I first read it, and re-reading it a few times to try and figure out what made it so effective.
We all know different languages make different animal sounds, but really all their sound effects are different. “Trin trin trin” is either Spanish or Galician, who knows. I’m lazily cataloging them. My other favorite is “tikkatikkatikkatikatiktiktik”. There is also “uuuaaauuu” (drawn out “wow”) and “buff” which is pronounced “boof” and means “oof”. Oh and “aiis” which is like a hiss I guess?
