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Hekate

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12. San Francisco. Santa Barbara. San Diego. Santa Cruz. San Buenaventura (Ventura)...

Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:39 PM

Oct 2018

Santa Maria and all the santos, my ninos! Did this person just arrive from the Moon? Huge chunks of North America used to belong to Spain and then Mexico -- that piece of history is reflected in place names on both coasts and far inland, and I thought every US schoolchild knew that much.

I had a bemusing experience on a flight with a young Spaniard, though, who was traveling back home from meetings in Silicon Valley. He'd had a few extra days to tour, ended up in Santa Cruz, and based on all the signage, was baffled when it turned out that the natives spoke no conversational Spanish. I told him to google Fr. Junipero Serra -- but what with the noise of the engines it was hard to inform him, and he was working on his laptop anyway.

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Does anyone here want to tell him? [View all] MrScorpio Oct 2018 OP

Que lastima... MineralMan Oct 2018 #1

...Grande..."Que lastima" el major!!!! Stuart G Oct 2018 #21

Quien es el idiota que dijo esta basura? ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #31

Riendo a carcajadas !!! Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #38

Yeah after Los Angeles San Diego will be next grantcart Oct 2018 #2

And then my beloved Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #17

Oh MY....how could that be???...wait...I think it is in the history of California.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #24

Yes, The Great Taco Truck Invasion of 2016! KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #28

And delicious ! Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #39

Lucky you got to live in San Francisco! My offerings off the top of my head.. Cha Oct 2018 #40

I LOVED San Francisco Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #43

I can imagine. Memories! Cha Oct 2018 #44

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #45

Awwww.. thanks for the Vivid Synopsis.. Cha Oct 2018 #48

Oh, I love you. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #49

Tony Bennett is Brilliant! Yes, I do Cha Oct 2018 #50

That is San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #51

Then Escondido, Del Mar, San Luis Obispo, Santa Monica, Cha Oct 2018 #37

LOL! it's Idiocracy! lunatica Oct 2018 #3

Oh for fucks sake.... onecaliberal Oct 2018 #4

I well remember a letter to the editor after the Exxon Valdez wreck GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #5

Wait, wasn't it named for... ThoughtCriminal Oct 2018 #8

LOL. Actually the writer was incensed over the name of the wreck site. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #9

Prince William Sound nt csziggy Oct 2018 #18

UGH ismnotwasm Oct 2018 #6

Someone needs to tweet to that moron the full name of L.A. Pity Puddles Oct 2018 #7

Really? Why I love DU. Learn new stuff all the time. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #10

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2018 #42

L.A. is what my dad always called his home ThoughtCriminal Oct 2018 #13

Close. You left off the Our Lady part MurrayDelph Oct 2018 #14

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2018 #41

Thank you, for fixing your post. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2018 #11

San Francisco. Santa Barbara. San Diego. Santa Cruz. San Buenaventura (Ventura)... Hekate Oct 2018 #12

Cruz ain't no Santa Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #15

And then we can start on Texas Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #16

And then go to the Sunshine State Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #19

Yeah, no one would live in Boca Raton volstork Oct 2018 #22

Si. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #29

Rata is Rat. Raton is mouse. NT Caliman73 Oct 2018 #32

You've got to be kidding me?! burrowowl Oct 2018 #20

I think it would be appropriate to call this guy "pendejo." alwaysinasnit Oct 2018 #23

...for those who don't know..."pendejo" means ..."stupid"..... in Spanish..had to tell everyone.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #25

True, but it can also mean jackass, asshole, imbecile, moron, jerk, and other similar terms. alwaysinasnit Oct 2018 #26

That depends upon which coast you live. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #33

Welllllllllllllllllllllll what about these????..is that another language??? Stuart G Oct 2018 #27

and..........can someone tell me where they got the following?...Chicago....and ...Illinois?? Stuart G Oct 2018 #30

Pendejo MF. Cha Oct 2018 #34

Oh My?? what to say?...otra vez...Pendejo MF Stuart G Oct 2018 #35

.. Cha Oct 2018 #36

Same one who did not want government in his Medicare? question everything Oct 2018 #46

That's right! A latino world, Colorado, San Diego, San Francisco, Costa Mesa, Nueva Llork....... Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #47

This can not be real. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2018 #52