{"id":3541,"date":"2011-12-14T16:52:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T21:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:19:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:19:33","slug":"quieres-un-poco-de-arroz-y-leche-a-pasear-al-perro-con-el-nino-dormido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/12\/quieres-un-poco-de-arroz-y-leche-a-pasear-al-perro-con-el-nino-dormido.html","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQuieres un poco de arroz y leche a pasear al perro con el ni\u00f1o dormido? &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026 It\u2019s becoming imperative that I hurry up and finish Disc 1 of Rosetta Stone so I can expand my vocabulary beyond rice and apples. Here is a snippet from a very real conversation I just had.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Me: Blah blah for calling my blah blah company. How can I blah blah help you?  <\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: Bueno? You speak-a Spanish?<\/p>\n<p>Me: No. Well, si. Un poco. <\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: Beuno! \u00bfCu\u00e1l es esta casa? Pas\u00e9 por la casa y vi y es una hermosa casa. Yo me cri\u00e9 en una casa como \u00e9sta. Veo el jard\u00edn est\u00e1 cercado. Perfecto! Mi perro me encantar\u00eda el patio trasero. Mi los ni\u00f1os les gusta correr y jugar con nuestro perro, Pepito.<\/p>\n<p>Me: [thinking to myself, Shit!] Uh. Oh. Um. No speak-a Spanish. Lo siento. <\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: Ok. How much this house you want for? <\/p>\n<p>Me: It rents for $550 a month<\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: 4-5-0?<\/p>\n<p>Me: No. $550. <\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: Oh. 500?<\/p>\n<p>Me: No. $550. <\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: Five fifteen or five fifty? <\/p>\n<p>Me: 5-5-0<\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: 5-1-5?<\/p>\n<p>Me: No. cinco cinco cero. <\/p>\n<p>Se\u00f1orita: Gracias. No podr\u00eda haber sido menos \u00fatil. He conocido a los beb\u00e9s con un undertanding mejor espa\u00f1ol. Bye bye. <\/p>\n<p>Me: De nada. Ciao tutti. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3543\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2011\/12\/me-trying-to-talk-my-way-out-a-Mexican-jail.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2011\/12\/me-trying-to-talk-my-way-out-a-Mexican-jail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"me trying to talk my way out a Mexican jail\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3543\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trying to talk my way out a Mexican jail after that one weekend. 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