Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Cartoon 5: Amazing Things in Mexico Part Two

So now everyone go home and try it and let me know how it goes!! The only extra thing I want to share about this cartoon is that in the last frame the two characters exclaim 'Super!' cuz that's a common slang here amongst people who have some access to the English language.   For instance here, a 'super amiga' is like a best friend. Or you could say 'Como estas?' and the reply could be 'Super!' It makes me giggle when folks say it cuz its a word that we almost never use these days.  I hear English words pop up often within the Spanish spoken here in Mexico City. I just learned a new slang last night- the adjective 'Forever'.  From what I understand it's used to describe people who never finish anything; who have a million projects and ideas but when it comes down to it they get forever stuck in procrastination or disorganization. I.e. 'I think I have been a forever person lots of times in my life.' :S  Also, I took a Zumba class and the teacher kept saying 'Yeah' to pump everybody up. But it's pronounced like 'Yeeeeh Uh' with lots of emphasis all over the place :) So hope everyone is Super and not having a Forever week, Yeeeeh Uh!

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  1. Okay, how many times do I need to drag the spoon edge across my eyelashes!? Maybe I need a spoon with a sharper edge, 'cause I ain't gettin' much curl here.

    Its funny finding that 'Super' has made it into Spanglish (does that apply to Mexico City Spanish?) now. I got a giggle hearing it all over in Germany years back. There it sounded more like 'Zup-air'.

    Now back to painting a Forever project.

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  2. HI Sara, let me tell you something:

    "Super" is from greek and it means "upon", not from english. Spanish is a greek-latin language, so historically "super" is more ancient in our language (spanish) and not in English. In spanish we have others "anglicismos", (sorry for don´t kwnow the correct word in english), like "futbol" or "blog" (like this yours). But definitively "super" is not one of them.

    HOlds for you.

    Jorge

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    1. Hey Jorge! Im so sorry it took me a bit to get back to you and thank you so much for the correction. I guess I recognized it as an English word since folks pronounce it just like it's said in English. I think lots of English words are based on Latin like all romance languages. So I wonder if the current use of the word ´Super´in Spanish came directly from Latin or if it traveled through English on the way?? What do you think?
      Hope you are well!!!

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