Monday, December 3, 2012

Mexican’t


 “I look for Lego game.” A Hispanic gentleman asked me.
“Sure thing,” I said, leading him over to our games section. “Which system and game are we looking to purchase?”
“Lego game.” He replied.
“I know, but for which system? Wii? DS? Playstation? Xbox?”
“The Lego game.”
“I understand but for what console?”
“Building lego.” He clarified
“You mean the toys?”
“Yes.”
“That’s in the toy department.”

3 comments:

  1. I don't understand the language barrier here, you're Brasileiro! Portuguese is just like Spanish, but with a mouth full of marbles, right? ;p

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    1. It's similar but different enough to my ears that I can't understand anything but bits and pieces. It's essentially as different to me as French or German is to an English speaker.

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  2. yeah, you should tell them "hey, i understand portuguese so you can try to tell me in spanish" it might actually be easier than their broken english...

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