Confession time - I haven't yet read the article, but I couldn't resist passing on this little story from the comments beneath it. I don't care if it's true or not, and I'm sure there are just as many rushed and stressed Irish and Spanish people as there are laid-back English and Americans:
The Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh, and a Spanish professor were on the radio discussing translation. In order to illustrate his point about translations failing to carry the finer nuances of words, the Spanish professor asked,
"For instance, in Irish, is there any word which means the same as "mañana"?
"Indeed," replied Kavanagh,"we have several words in Irish that mean the same as "mañana". None of them, however, carry quite the same sense of urgency!"
2 comments:
I feel sorry I don't speak Spanish ! What does "manana" mean ?
. . .tomorrow, I'll tell you tomorrow . . .;-) No worries, no hurry.
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