2023-09-08 17:13 UTC
@BrianBinh@dice.camp I love this etymology because it implies that at some point, someone from England met someone from Spain and all they could think was "this motherfucker is _too Spanish._"
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@BrianBinh@dice.camp 2023-09-08 17:20
@jewelpit@dice.camp That would be hilarious, but unfortunately "Spaniard" comes to English from French, where "-ard" is just a place name like "Picard".
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@JubalBarca@scholar.social 2023-09-09 07:31
@jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp The initial dialogue between Inigo Montoya and the Dread Pirate Roberts springs to mind vividly.
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@oloturia@mastodon.bida.im 2023-09-09 10:35
@jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp What about leopard?
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@eichin@mastodon.mit.edu 2023-09-09 17:56
@jewelpit@dice.camp "On my word as a Spaniard" "no good, I've known to many Spaniards" -- The Princess Bride fits this perfectly :) @BrianBinh@dice.camp
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@sinvega@mas.to 2026-05-02 21:12
@jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp meanwhile, the spanish person was incensed at some terrible evil perpetrated by a duck