From rmaccrea@verizon.net Wed Jan 06 07:50:35 2010
Subject:Re: OT Spanish oopses
Us Americans cringe everytime we hear that word in Spanish, even though we know what the speaker is trying to say. That is why I stick with the infinitive, "enfocar," or I conjugate it, but never "enfoque."
That English word is perhaps the stongest bad word in our language.
> I told about 'Focus' with a prononunciation closer to an
> dirty word rather than 'focus', you know......everybody can imagine what I actually pronounced
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> Was something in place of Focus In the family, you know Dr. Dobson Ph.D ministry.
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> Many in the group were concealing their own laugh :)
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> A few short tale !
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> Best,
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> Rafael
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