Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Word of the week 40

In Spanish the word 'esposa' means 'wife', while the (plural) word 'esposas' means 'handcuffs'. So, mi esposa, mis esposas = my wife, my handcuffs. What a chauvinist language ;)
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:32 AM, October 06, 2005

    this is really interesting... done some serious research huh? :)

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  2. triesti9:41 AM, October 06, 2005

    nah.. just looked up my oxford spanish dictionary under 'esposa' :)

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