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Pinga as a dog name
Remember I asked a friend who has fluent Spanish if she'd ever heard of
"pinga" as being slang for penis? And remember she answered that she never had but added the caveat that her Spanish is from Spain and Mexico, not Latin America or the Caribbean? Her letter this morning says that she was reading a Gabriel Garcia Marquez book for a Spanish literature group, found the language more colloquial and erudite than usual and therefore harder than the other books she's read for the group, then said that she wasn't confused by "pinga" because she learned only recently that it's Latin American for penis. --Lia |
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Julia Altshuler wrote: found the language more colloquial and erudite Huh. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Julia Altshuler wrote:
Remember I asked a friend who has fluent Spanish if she'd ever heard of "pinga" as being slang for penis? And remember she answered that she never had but added the caveat that her Spanish is from Spain and Mexico, not Latin America or the Caribbean? I can tell you that it's certainly slang for "penis" in Panama. Stepping out onto your patio in El Cangrejo and calling for "Pinga" to come to you would be kind of - interesting. Her letter this morning says that she was reading a Gabriel Garcia Marquez book for a Spanish literature group, found the language more colloquial and erudite than usual and therefore harder than the other books she's read for the group, then said that she wasn't confused by "pinga" because she learned only recently that it's Latin American for penis. Garcia Marquez is Columbian, which is culturally and historically tightly bound to Panama, so it makes sense to me that there'd be an overlap in the slang. Excellent reading, by the way. Next time you want a great read, get yourself an English translation of _One Hundred Years of Solitude_. -- Mark Shaw (And Baron) moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm ================================================== ======================= "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -Unknown |
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Mark Shaw wrote:
I can tell you that it's certainly slang for "penis" in Panama. Stepping out onto your patio in El Cangrejo and calling for "Pinga" to come to you would be kind of - interesting. You missed the earlier discussion on naming a puppy Pinga, and I didn't think of emailing you directly. The question wasn't whether it would be an appropriate name for a dog in Panama. The question was whether it would work in an area of the U.S. where there are few or no Spanish speakers. I got interested in the words aspect and thought it would probably be O.K. I figure there are no words on combinations of sounds that don't mean something sexual or derogatory somewhere. Garcia Marquez is Columbian, which is culturally and historically tightly bound to Panama, so it makes sense to me that there'd be an overlap in the slang. Excellent reading, by the way. Next time you want a great read, get yourself an English translation of _One Hundred Years of Solitude_. I haven't read it yet, but Haruki Murakami got me interested in magical realism so it is on my list. Recently I've been reading shorter books that hold my attention while pedaling at the gym. And short stories. They never used to interest me much, but I've been devouring Alice Munro. She's this brilliant writer who has been winning awards since forever and that everyone else has known about but that I only found and fell in love with in September. --Lia |
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Julia Altshuler wrote: The question was whether it would work in an area of the U.S. where there are few or no Spanish speakers. The Triangle area in NC? Have you ever been there? And jeebus - I'm not fluent but I know what "pinga" means. I'm tempted to post "Look at the schmuck on that camel!" -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Julia Altshuler wrote:
Mark Shaw wrote: I can tell you that it's certainly slang for "penis" in Panama. Stepping out onto your patio in El Cangrejo and calling for "Pinga" to come to you would be kind of - interesting. You missed the earlier discussion on naming a puppy Pinga, and I didn't think of emailing you directly. The question wasn't whether it would be an appropriate name for a dog in Panama. The question was whether it would work in an area of the U.S. where there are few or no Spanish speakers. I got interested in the words aspect and thought it would probably be O.K. Didn't td mention that there are migrant workers in her area? I'd be reluctant to name a dog Pinga anywhere in the US, given that the Hispanic population of the US is pushing 15% (not counting the undocumented workers). I don't know what % speak Spanish, but according to the US census, about 3/4 of these speak it 'at home.') And it's the second most common spoken lanugage in the US, and the US has the fifth largest Spanish-speaking population of any country in the world. I certainly wouldn't use it here in NM! :-) FurPaw -- "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower To reply, unleash the dog. |
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FurPaw wrote:
Didn't td mention that there are migrant workers in her area? Who knows? She lives in the 'hood, but she's apparently also out in the boonies. There are migrant farm workers, but apparently they don't speak Spanish. Her family is well off, but poor. I think TD inhabits a place that is not quite of this world. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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"Julia Altshuler" wrote in message . .. Mark Shaw wrote: I can tell you that it's certainly slang for "penis" in Panama. Stepping out onto your patio in El Cangrejo and calling for "Pinga" to come to you would be kind of - interesting. You missed the earlier discussion on naming a puppy Pinga, and I didn't think of emailing you directly. The question wasn't whether it would be an appropriate name for a dog in Panama. The question was whether it would work in an area of the U.S. where there are few or no Spanish speakers. I got interested in the words aspect and thought it would probably be O.K. I figure there are no words on combinations of sounds that don't mean something sexual or derogatory somewhere. On our road, since every house but two, ours and the neighbor guy next door to us, have multiple children, I'm pretty sure they all know who Pingu the penguin is, along with his baby sister Pinga. http://www.pingu.net/us/intro.html And the guy nextdoor to us is an aging hippie who most often appears to be stoned, so I don't think he cares much one way or the other what we call our dogs. If Jake wants Pinga, WTF cares except for a few tight-assed bitches. Back in our old neighborhood, when I dog-sat for my grandpuppies, yelling 'Whiskey' or 'Brandy' out my back door struck me as hilarious. I assumed neighbors across the back, who might have heard me yelling for 'Whiskey' bright and early in the morning, probably got a hoot out of it. In fact, after a week or so of doing it, I was surprised nobody showed up at my door with a bottle for me in an attempt to 'shut that woman up already.' ;} td |
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tiny dancer wrote:
On our road, since every house but two, ours and the neighbor guy next door to us, have multiple children, I'm pretty sure they all know who Pingu the penguin is, along with his baby sister Pinga. http://www.pingu.net/us/intro.html And the guy nextdoor to us is an aging hippie who most often appears to be stoned, so I don't think he cares much one way or the other what we call our dogs. If Jake wants Pinga, WTF cares except for a few tight-assed bitches. This tight-assed bitch would never assume that the dog would stay in the same yard for his entire life. He might move to another house, or he might escape from the yard. When I was 15, we had a Chihuahua named Pablo. We moved. Pablo slipped out the front door, and I chased him, yelling, "Pablo, Pablo! C'mere Pablo!" From the yard next door came a deep voice, "Yes? Can I help you?" Yep - our new neighbor was named Pablo. Fortunately, he had a sense of humor, and fortunately "Pablo" was just a name, not Spanish slang for a male member. (At 15, I would have been beyond mortified if I had discovered that I had been shrieking "Penis! Penis!" in any language!) But hey, if you want to sound muy stupido to us tight-assed bitches, no es mi problemo. FurPaw -- "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower To reply, unleash the dog. |
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tiny dancer wrote: If Jake wants Pinga, WTF cares except for a few tight-assed bitches. I've always suspected that you lived in a world without grownups. More evidence, still! I expect that a few children speak Spanish, too. However, I also expect that the likelihood that one of them will ever enter your house except accompanying someone doing manual labor approaches zero. "Y esto es mi perro, Penis." -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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