I decided to save the obvious for last. I AM a Spanish major, so it is fitting that the language would be one of my favorite things about living in Spain for 10 months.
Favorite thing #9: La lengua (La lang-gwa)
There are TOO many quirks about the Spanish language with which I am completely in love to list, so I will just explain one for now.
How do you say Language in Spanish ? La lengua
How do you say Tongue in Spanish? La Lengua
Wait, what?
Yes, language and tongue are the same word in the lovely Español. Google translate test it if you don’t believe me. You may argue that we can use “tongue” to mean language in English. Valid. Do you know anyone that use “tongue” to mean language? I don’t either. Sorry for your failed rebut. Let’s get back to my point, though. As a romance language, the tongue is heavily required to speak Spanish (I will NOT make a pun here about my use of “mi lengua” in Spain), so it is fitting that what you use to speak is marked by the same word as the speech itself. Even saying it- lengua (Lang-gwa)- you can feel how necessary the tongue is. Furthermore, I LOVE the complete disregard of political correctness (come on, kids; you know what I am talking about. Everything ends with an ‘o’ or an ‘a’ depeneding on if it has a male or female connotation). Ahhh, me encanta español.
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