Fun with Languages!
I want to give a shout out to the reader who found my blog by google searching “genital exam with an erection.” Standardized patient, is that you out there?
Oh, and I hope the searcher for “what sound do toads make” found a very useful answer in a past post here as well!
Ah, ya gotta love Wordpress blog stats.
Ok, so my real post is about the funny things that come up when trying to learn a foreign language. You may recall my in-country post about the fun Travis had with the word for Vietnamese currency, DONG. Good times, good times. Then there’s his favorite Greek word, pouliki. It means little bird, but is also used as a little kids’ word for a penis. My creative husband has incorporated that one into the saying “a pouliki in the hand is worth more than a pouliki in the bush.” Obviously based on a saying you wouldn’t think could come up in everyday conversation…but then again you might not know my husband. He manages to weave it in quite often. Well, his new favorite word is the Salvadorian Spanish word, PUPUSERIA. You can take it from there. Yes, I am a lucky woman, married to an oh so mature boy with a 14 year old’s sense of humor. To be honest, I kind of get a kick out of it; I just try not to let him know that.
We have this great little pocket phrasebook that Travis keeps in his back pocket. He was going through it and noticed a section for tourists titled “romance.” He now knows how to say “easy tiger!” and “sorry, I cannot get it up” in Spanish. Good work Trav, keep it up (pun intended;).
Here’s a picture of an avocado as big as my head (Alex - it would probably look more like a raisin if held up to your noggin! 
Here’s a picture of a festival we stumbled upon a few days ago in the main square:
Jackson has been a champ, sitting through several hours of language lessons a day and just loving all the attention he gets on the streets from everyone who sees him. It’s hilarious because all the women here wear their babies in brightly colored cloth tied around their necks. I have been stopped several times so that they can examine my Hotsling and figure out how to replicate the design (they love the no ties, continuous material!). Jackson’s top right tooth is poking through though, so we’re in for a few rough nights I think - that’ll make tooth #3!
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Your husband and my husband could make their own special dictionary if they got together.
Yes, they would like to think they are mature. 
Isn’t it fun seeing what people google to find your blog? I can’t begin to tell you how many people looking for a sperm donor have been lured in by some of my older posts about my father-in-law.
OMG! Loving the avocado, I’d be in heaven. How fun to be in Peru…your pictures and strories remind me of living in Guatemala. What an adventure. My husband is the same way…he drives me crazy but he’s a ton of fun. I just don’t let him know that
Have fun and be safe. Look forward to reading more.
I too roll my eyes at Matthew’s juvenile sense of humor…and I too secretly like it. My friend got me a label maker for the kid’s room a while ago but it’s been put to great use making vulgar nametags for humans and pets alike.
I always get a chuckle out of your posts. I get so excited when I see you have a new post. Travis and I would get along really really well. Sad, I know, but I totally get a kick out of stupid crap like that.
I think most men don’t really mature over the age of 14. lol
LOVE the post, funny/stupid/silly language is very theraputic for the beginning of my thursday morning… I’m so excited that the quest for a little brother for Jax is in full swing, we are creeping ever closer to our travel date (I probably just jinx myself!) and can’t wait to use the new Hotsling — which for the record I will be needing another for a pregnant friend I got hooked after she saw mine! I’ll shoot you and e-mail for the order when she decides on the pattern
Ok, in my former life I was a spanish teacher, and I have no idea how you would say “I can’t get it up”–can you please share? Your husband is hysterical, yes you are a lucky woman! My friend’s 3-yr. old was, ummm, entertaining himself the other day, and she said, “D., why are you doing that?” and he said, “Because its my birthday!” LOL! Gotta love boys and men.
Too funny!
If you are ever in Jamaica–stop by the grocery store and pick up a packet of “cock soup mix”. According to the package–Its a party time favorite with adults! Travis would get a kick out of that one.
Are you bringing hotslings technology to Peru? Right on!
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