mudgirl Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 On a list of ingredients in both languages, on a jar of mixed spices- Jamaica (spanish) translated as "Charity Ball". Even better than my up-to-now favorite on a restaurant menu- "turnovaries" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdlngton Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Carne en su jugo=a man in his juice Yummm! One can eat a beagle at the Mexico City airport for only 60 pesos ?! I wonder why the state or federal tourist office doesn't have a website available to restaurants with translations/descriptions of common dishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted January 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 I know- you see these huge signs, as well as fancy looking menus, that the business owners obviously paid a lot of money for, with hilarious translations or spelling errors. You'd think they would get someone who is fluently bilingual to translate, it's not like there aren't many people with bi-lingual fluency. Altho some business owners have told me that the error was made by the printers. Apparently printers here don't give out proofs to business owners before a print run. I also love it when people wear tee shirts with some slogan printed on it in a language they don't understand. I once stopped by a local tiangue- the middle-aged woman who ran it was wearing a tee shirt that said "Please turn me over before I choke on my own vomit". I asked her if she knew what it said, she said no. I explained it in Spanish. A look of total horror came over her face and she instantly started pawing through the tee shirts on her rack for a different one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 On 1/6/2017 at 7:38 PM, mudgirl said: ...I once stopped by a local tiangue... I think what you mean is tianguis. It's the same in both singular and plural--one tianguis, two tianguis, etc. Tee-AHN-geese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks for correction, I knew it didn't look right :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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