Friday, February 09, 2007

El rascacielo = sky-craper, he he

So... Roland and I are 15 years old and in Spanish class together in Pakistan. Our Spanish teacher has Bangladesh heritage, but is from Holland (isn't that vierd?). One day we were learning the new vocabulary word, "el rascacielo"- which means Skyscraper... however our teacher says, "el rascacielo" means "Sky-CRAPER". Of course Roland and I had a field day with this and ensured her that yes indeed, it was a sky-craper. Roland sent me this email today with the attachment... apparently the Hindustan times also refers to tall buildings as "Sky-CRAPERS"- either that or Mrs. Morrenhof is working for the Hindustan Times :)


2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Ah yes, who could forget Mrs. Morenhof...we didn't get along so well unfortunately! Your pics from India were great...gosh, I wish I could have been there. Glad to hear all is well with you and Emily!

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Blogger Unknown said...

Hi Amanda,

What a wonderful blog and I'm thrilled that you submitted it to delightfulblogs. I just returned from a trip to Kenya and found the country to be mesmerizing. We stayed a couple of nights at the Giraffe Manor and then went out on Safari. I hope to return someday soon and visit the David Sheldrick foundation site to get a dose of elephant love when I start missing Africa. I can't wait to spend more time exploring your blog and have added it to My Favorites!

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3:39 AM

 

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