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Spaniards get that cinking feeling

John Crisp

It's a bugger with my surname of Crisp..... :-)

They also have a hard time with my son named Rory...

Having lived in rural Spain and done my best at learning Spanish (and yes, they are SO forgiving because you try) I do understand why English is so popular. You just don't need so many words for basic simple communication.

I go. You go. He/she/it goes. We go. They go. We go.

So 'go', or 'goes'. And we know what they mean if they get it wrong.

Yo voy, tu vas, el/ella/usted va, nosotros vamos, vostotros vais, ellos/ustedes van.

Effectively 6 different words for one verb.

Past... I went etc. One word in English. Pretty well 6 again in Spanish.

Yes, I now understand just how damn complicated advanced English is. But as a simple communicaton medium it is very effective.

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