Ravings of a Textual Deviant

D: I had a “lost in translation” episode with my boyfriend who speaks only Spanish…I was trying to invite him to go with me to the fright festival at [venue]…but I didn’t know the Spanish word for Halloween. So, I thought if I could describe what goes on there he might just get it…
Me: Oh my…
D: So… in my battered Spanish…I invited him to go with me and the kids to the house for dead people to look at dead people and be scared…
D: Well as it turns out…I didn’t know the words for “haunted” or “ghost” either… so he thought I was inviting him to break into a mortuary. Anyway… in my frustration… I finally hit upon the word fiesta… for festival… and gave the date October 31…Suddenly he got this look on his face of total understanding… big light bulbs… and then doubled over in peals of laughter… finally he looked up at me and tapped my head and said very clearly… “en espanol…Halloweeeeen!”

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