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02/05/2005 22:39:26
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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02/05/2005 20:54:14
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Politics
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>Thanks to all who helped me with some phrasing for my Spanish mid-term presentation. The class missed a great deal, but the teacher laughed in all the right spots, so I consider it a success.
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>The final is due in a couple of weeks and, operating under the motto that life's much more fun if you're willing to make a fool of yourself (hence many of my other posts), I want to stretch a bit and do a Spanish version of Bill Cosby's Noah routine. (I really wanted to do "Who's on First?" but couldn't find someone willing to do it with me)
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>Those of you who know the routine know that the when he first hears the Lord's voice he says
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>"Riiiiggghhhttt"
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>The trick is to find an equivalent expression which could convey the same "Yeah, sure, right" incredulous context and be understandable to a group of beginning students. Does "Claro" or "No me diga" fit the bill?

Yes, both of them. Here, we might also say: "Sí, claro." The tone of the voice, however, can make the difference between a confirmation, and a doubt. I think in this case it is similar to English.

> Does "derecho" mean correct (the way it does in English) or is it restricted to the direction? Anything else you can think of that would fit the bill???

Not relevant to the case under consideration. I mean, the meanings of "derecho" don't include "yes, right". Apart from the direction right (opposite of left), it can also mean "straight", like a straight path.

In Spanish, "Right", as in "yes, right", would be "correcto".
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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