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| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6229 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 9 of 15 12 June 2010 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yikes, that just sounds painful.......and stupid...... I guess that's why you don't see many Rhodes Scholar rugby players... Edited by liddytime on 12 June 2010 at 5:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| lanni Senior Member China Joined 6263 days ago 102 posts - 156 votes Speaks: Mandarin* Studies: English | Message 10 of 15 12 June 2010 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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To my happy surprise, my knowledge of Mexican beer could be boosted hugely within hours here. Thanks. :-)
Well, since my question originated from a novel, I thought the author wanted to describe his hero as masculine as possible with the details of Dos equis, tequila, lime wedge, no glass, Mexican drinking stuff, etc. Now with all your honest testimony, the hero's image in my mind is degrading by seconds. Despite his wealth and supposely good tastes, he's a fake drinker. Poor guy, and his creator the author. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7103 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 11 of 15 12 June 2010 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
One man's Corona is another's Bud Light. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 12 of 15 13 June 2010 at 1:29am | IP Logged | |||||
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To stay in the spirit of understanding language via culture,including dining and drinking habits and customs, and to address the motivation of the fellow in lanni's novel, in many telenovelas the upper class people seem to drink what appears to be whiskey/scotch, the "lower" class people drink tequila. Often when a character is a "bad guy" he will drink excessive amounts of tequila and become increasingly belligerent; sometimes a "good guy" drinks excessive amounts to reflect his depressed mood and downward spiral.
The Mexican slang for beer is "chela" which literally means "blond, light" as in color. Hence "vamos a tomar una chela" "let's go have a beer". Lanni, if you want to try Mexican beverages, I would recommend sangría. The name derives from its appearance being similar to blood and implies "bleeding." I love Mexican food and have found that every authentic Mexican restaurant seems to have its own recipe and so the taste can vary. I also found that my ability to speak and socialize with the staff in theses restaurants increases in proportion to how much I enjoy their sangría. EDIT re: Bud Lite. It is a sponsor of a telenovela "Donde está Elisa?" and there is blatant product placement with a character seen drinking this brand of beer-of course, since he is macho police detective, he drinks from the bottle. This also allows him to show the label to the audience. Edited by psy88 on 13 June 2010 at 1:32am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| lanni Senior Member China Joined 6263 days ago 102 posts - 156 votes Speaks: Mandarin* Studies: English | Message 13 of 15 13 June 2010 at 3:37am | IP Logged | |||||
I will try sangría, plus those recommended Mexican beers, if possible. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ManicGenius Senior Member United States Joined 5481 days ago 288 posts - 420 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, French, Japanese | Message 14 of 15 14 July 2010 at 11:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
They both suck. Go Woodchuck Cider. God I love that stuff. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| liddytime Pentaglot Senior Member United States mainlymagyar.wordpre Joined 6229 days ago 693 posts - 1328 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician Studies: Hungarian, Vietnamese, Modern Hebrew, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic (Written) | Message 15 of 15 15 July 2010 at 2:19am | IP Logged | |||||
OK, I have to admit.... I am currently in Mexico. Temps in the 100's (F) (40's C). Cold Tecate is tasting really good.....really, really good!!! Still not putting lime in it though! :-) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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