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| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5227 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 9 of 10 03 September 2012 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | ||
Very interesting, actually -- in Spanish, we have "canícula" (meaning "dog days" via Latin etymology) for the hottest days around midsummer, while "día(s) de perros" (literally "a dog's day(s)") are days that turn out to be very unpleasant, but the literal expression is completely unrelated to climatology so you can't foresee when you'll have a "dog's day". 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5856 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 10 of 10 03 September 2012 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Since it is summer throughout the year in Singapore, the entire year should be a dog
year! (Just joking.......) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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