Spanish Spoken Here??

Spanish 101 in the US

Not too long ago I purchased a bag of large dried plums without pits from the local grocery store but I was amazed of the translation.
What do you think? How do you say, large prunes with PITS?
I would say, ciruelas pasas con SEMILLA! But then again, Spanish is only correct if the majority agree to it. If that’s the case, ciruelas pasas con Hueso.

By Monpirri on May 2, 2008, 18:26 in Friendly Talkzone.

dwmte7 says on May 2, 2008, 18:37:

'ciruelas largas con semilla....no mas. qual es la problema?

dwmte

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adrimm says on May 2, 2008, 18:53:

*la* problema.......methinks it is *el* problema

El problema is that there is no translation, only for the the attempted "pit" part. Let's reverse it, and say it was a bag in Spanish "with English" translation. It would read:

Dulce con semilla/with bone

*****Ciruelas Secas Grandes (or something like it)*****

Ciruelas secas

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Monpirri says on May 2, 2008, 20:26:

Gentlemen, in Spanish we do not say Hueso to describe a seed. We say hueso or huesos when we talk about the fish bones.

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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Lisa Zee says on May 2, 2008, 22:07:

"A otro perro con ese hueso"

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Monpirri says on May 3, 2008, 06:52:

We need Real Academia de la Lengua Española offices around these regions to monitor and regulate the language.

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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robi666 says on May 3, 2008, 06:55:

Esta pelicula es un hueso...
Esta carrocería esta llena de hueso duro...
:)

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Monpirri says on May 3, 2008, 07:02:

Robi666 and Liza Lee should be elected to oversee these new regulatory offices.
You have my hueso to back you guys up. :>)

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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dwmte7 says on May 4, 2008, 05:27:

thanks adrimm...you get at me like my wife. pity!

kinda like the british when they point out...you can all it 'ab', or, 'd'leau', or agua, or for that matter, whatever. the simple truth is, it's just plain fuckin water. thus, they.

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dwmte

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rocinante says on May 4, 2008, 06:31:

At least they didn't say "Con Espina"

Actually the whole bag doesn't make sense. Why is "with pits" the only major thing translated into Spanish?

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Monpirri says on May 5, 2008, 04:12:

Jajaja that was a good one, ciruelas pasas con "Con Espina"
"Why is "with pits" the only major thing translated into Spanish?" I duno, that's the way the communicate around these regions.

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 5, 2008, 05:11:

Yo diria Ciruelas pasas con Semillas or con Pepitas

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