Palabras!!!!!!!!

I need to update you guys a little...then I'll write my post. So my host mom's uncle died. The one that was sick. They had an all night wake and a mass the following day (yesterday). I thought I should let you know since I told you all about it. He was 89....Tio Memo (=.

OK. So I've come to realize here how much I love words. Words words words! They are so interesting! Translations and doble sentidos (double meanings) and roots and origins and spellings. I love it! .....watch out....it's Mom's side rearing up inside me....the english teacher unleashed! But don't worry; I won't be doing my thesis on the uses of the comma (=

Anyway....so today's post is on random words/phrases/a few cool facts that I've learning here in Oaxaca. Yay lists!

-ella tiene muchos cojones! = she has a lot of balls (no joke...my proper sociology prof said this yesterday about an indigenous woman who was the only woman in her pueblo to be part of the "asamblea de acianos"

-whey (sp?) = dude. my host dad and I always say "Que tal whey?" haha

-jajajaja = hahahaha

-Nacho Libre was filmed in Oaxaca!

-granada = grenade AND pomegranate (explosion of flavor?)

-compromiso = engagement (like a promise...awwww)

-pelejito = hangnail

-acostador = creeper (=

Just some random but essential vocab. I might add more later. In the meantime, now everyone knows how to say CREEPER in espanol. This is definitely an important part of my life lol. Oh, and PS....in term of the accent here, I think Oaxacan spanish is fairly pure. I won't come back with the sexy slur like Allie over in Spain (=. BUT one thing that is very very common here is to add "ito" onto EVERYTHING. (This means little). So my host mom will say, "Gordididito, pequenito, chiquiquito...." It goes on. Everything in Oaxaca is extra cute and extra little.

Paz wheys!