What is the U.S. or Europe, etc. missing that Colombia already has?

Mario says on Jan 23, 2008, 04:58:

And let´s not forget some friggin´ bank security like the electronic detection turnstiles that spit you back out into the bank foyer where the armed guard is standing if you don´t pass the exam. Much like the machines in airports except you´re locked in during the process.

I believe they can lock you in when exiting as well, if the teller should choose. Gotta love it.

vladimiro says on Jan 23, 2008, 05:15:

Mondongos. (There's one in miami, but's there should be one in every city )

eltoro says on Jan 23, 2008, 09:24:

People walking around with those carts selling chicharron on an arepa. So greasy... but damn, so good. Reminds me of the people in Mexico walking around with those carts selling tacos.

ColombianoGringo says on Jan 23, 2008, 11:38:

I heard somewhere that an Andres franchise in Florida was in the works.

miamimike says on Jan 23, 2008, 11:41:

The Transmilenio Bus system, not to mention lots of other Public transportation, Buses, Combis, ect. And the Cheap Bus and Taxi fares!

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ColombianoGringo says on Jan 23, 2008, 11:46:

As part of the vaporware light rail for Houston, they are planning on using Transmilenio type buses for the poor neighborhoods.

kentuckygreg2 says on Jan 23, 2008, 12:52:

An abundance of chucha that doesn't have an attitude. :)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 23, 2008, 13:06:

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jack_jason says on Jan 23, 2008, 13:52:

Paisas prepago diria yo. Que nos manden dos milloncitos para Europa.

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john_stark says on Jan 23, 2008, 20:03:

I'm with Greg on this one. You see a hot gringa here and she thinks her ass is made of gold. Hell she thinks you should pay her just to look at her. They just have this attitude about them that makes you want to beat them senseless. I think to myself, get over yourself, bitch, I've got hotter than you at home.

Man Tequila says on Jan 23, 2008, 20:08:

How many of those pictures does Desi have?

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manINred says on Jan 23, 2008, 21:46:

Well Desideria, Colombia can keep that ugly-ass thing all to itself.

Que puto animal tan asqueroso, zarigueya uyyy gassssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 23, 2008, 22:13:

That's a chucha aka zarigueya. Picture was provided by robi. I'll post it every time you use the wrong word. I'm just doing my job :)

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john_stark says on Jan 23, 2008, 22:18:

We've been through this before. En la costa, la palabra es chucha.

Desi1 (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2008, 04:26:

It's just a local dialect word; the coastal Spanish is uncomprehensible for the majority of Colombians. For 90% Colombians it's either that disgusting animal or armpit BO. I'm doing the gringos a favour so that they won't be making fools of themselves in Colombia.

kalder says on Jan 24, 2008, 04:33:

In Valle it has the vulgar connotation John ascibes to it.

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tomtom33 says on Jan 24, 2008, 04:41:

Too late, Desi, I am already making a fool of myself.

With a sufficient number of grillas, I could probably manage to exist in the far southern parts of the US.

Desi1 (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2008, 04:48:

No, kalder, if you refer to Valle del Cauca, The vulgar word is not chucha, but the very Iberian "chocha". The people on the coast are just mispronouncing it, like they do with so many other perfectly good words....

john_stark says on Jan 24, 2008, 06:11:

Yo, don't be dissing my homies like that.

robi666 says on Jan 24, 2008, 06:14:

De pronto en Monteria, John.
La chucha es algo diferente. Eso es un zorro chucho. Por lo meno para un samario. La chucha no tienes dos colores.

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kalder says on Jan 24, 2008, 06:39:

My wife is Valluna. She says 'chucha'.

...on the predictably rare occasion she elects to do so.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

Desi1 (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2008, 06:47:

My hubby and all his family and all their relatives are caleños and all my hundreds of caleño friends and people I know say "chocha", I'm absolutely positive about this. All the years I lived in Colombia and the first time I heard anybody say"chucha" referring to female anatomy was here, on PBH.
But whatever, it's not worth a discussion.

pedro says on Jan 24, 2008, 08:35:

I'd say it's worth a discussion or two.

Though restating the same discussion 20 times among the same participants is probably stretching the point.

que nota!

ColombianoGringo says on Jan 24, 2008, 09:38:

In central and southern Colombia, chucha usually means armpit odor. Haven't we discussed this ad nauseum?

Mr. Hollywood says on Jan 24, 2008, 11:39:

I think the inability to even agree on a word for pussy says it all about why Colombia has been at war with itself for half a century.

slguy says on Jan 24, 2008, 11:44:

Desi's trashcan creature looks like a possum, to this southern boy. In fact, I'd bet on it.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2008, 11:53:

Yes, it's the same animal or at least very close cousin to the gringo opossum. It's called "chucha" all over central and southern Colombia at least, even if it's official name is zarigueya.

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slguy says on Jan 24, 2008, 11:56:

are you trying to tell me that when I grew up in NC, spending a lot of time in the forest, I was surrounded by chucha, and didn't even know it?

Dammit.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 24, 2008, 12:06:

LOL
Now, just think about it, every time somebody says "chucha" to you you'll have this mental image of a vile-looking creature in a dirty container.....

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jan 24, 2008, 12:13:

You know, opossums in real life are kind of cute. The garbage can really doesn't do a lot for it.

Robert Jorge says on Jan 24, 2008, 18:45:

I gotta go with Desi on the chucha thing. I had never heard of chucha referring to a vagina until I read Elmo's posts. Then, it seemed to catch on like a trend. When I lived in Miami, it was always chocha. This was used by Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Venezuelans, Colombians, you name it. My inlaws, one from Valledupar, use chucha as the word to describe an opossum, or slang for body odor - particularly armpit stank or nether-region stank.

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john_stark says on Jan 24, 2008, 20:03:

Clearly nobody's spent any time in Monteria. Elmo would be right at home there in the land of burra love.

To my mind one of the problems with Spanish is the absence of a common linguistic reference point on the important words like cock, pussy and fuck.

Robert Jorge says on Jan 24, 2008, 20:44:

Us English speakers have our words too. Fanny in the US is a cute name for a person's butt. Fanny in the UK is chocha.

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john_stark says on Jan 24, 2008, 20:50:

Por supuesto every place has its own words but on the basics we agree. If I say, "Nice ass on that chick" I'm understood everywhere in the English speaking world.

billyb says on Jan 24, 2008, 20:56:

Yeah, but how many americans knew what shag means? Well, before Austin Powers that is.

john_stark says on Jan 24, 2008, 21:02:

Like I said there are all sorts of regional specialities but we all agree on fuck. In Spanish you don't even have that. Name me the one words in Spanish that would correspond to cock, pussy and fuck and would be understood everywhere in the Spanish speaking world. It can't be done.

billyb says on Jan 24, 2008, 21:09:

Once in Cali when I was a kid our mexican neighbor who was married to a gringo, was walking by all guzzied up and I told her, innocently, that she looked muy pinchada, which to us means fancy, and she started crying and went to complain to my mom that i was the rudest kid in the world blah blah blah....well after talking to her my mom found out that in mexico it meant fucked. Everything was straightened out after my mom was able to stop laughing.

slguy says on Jan 24, 2008, 21:54:

nothing like tellin' your hot adult neighbor that kinda thing when you're a kid, huh, billy? jajajajaj

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manINred says on Jan 24, 2008, 22:05:

"the first time I heard anybody say"chucha" referring to female anatomy was here, on PBH"

That's surprising. I've only ever heard 'chucha' refer to that very private female anatomy. In fact, after consulting with a paisa friend of mine over msn just now, he confirmed the spelling of chucha with the 'u', but in Medellin they don't use that, they use chimba or other words, and chucha is more used in that part as 'smelly' rather than, as he explained, other parts where it is female anatomy.

chucha, they use it in ecuador, some of colombia, as well, what Kalder says...

Robert Jorge says on Jan 24, 2008, 22:52:

I have heard chimba also used. Bogota and Villavicencio. Also here in the US by non-Mexican Latinos.

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slguy says on Jan 24, 2008, 22:57:

I only know this much. in puerto rico it's chocha - and i assume ALL their spanish is terrible, so chucha must be right. ;)

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scotty says on Jan 25, 2008, 01:01:

ahhh..good coffee, ahhh beautiful women, ahhh good attitude, ahhhh nice weather, ahhh guess thats it?

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Mario says on Jan 25, 2008, 07:33:

Colombian tamales and Colombiana soda in the supermarkets!

Man Tequila says on Jan 25, 2008, 09:21:

This is not helping those of us who sometimes happen to see pathalogical anatomy. ;o

I´d like to see a Juan Valdez Cafe next door to me.

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