Rama: What are you cooking?
Me: Bruschetta.
Rama: What's that?
Me: Remember, kumain tayo sa restaurant, nagustuhan mo yung bread tapos meron sa ibabaw na tomatoes and herbs and stuff?
Rama: Sounds like a bad word. Like something you say when mad. Brrruschettaaaaa!
Makes an angry face, scowls, and says again, Bruschetttaaa!!!
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4 comments:
oo nga naman di ba?
Hahaha, OMG, she's so right! What a way with words Rama has.
Hi, Nina! Nganaman nga.
Hi, Katrina. Got me thinking, how did Leche get to be an expression of annoyance/disgust/anger? My grandmother used to say Lechugas a lot, too, when upset.
I don't know how true, but a friend explained to me that the expression "leche" came from "de mal leche," implying that you're a bad person because your mother gave you bad milk (breastmilk). Makes sense, if that's the case. :-)
As for your grandmother's "lechugas," maybe it was her way of avoiding the supposedly bad word, "leche"...the way some people say "sheesh" instead of "sh_t."
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