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Kasie H
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I'm editing this essay for Spanish on "Los derechos reproductos in los E.E. U.U.". I just got it back from my teacher -- he handed them out after our final -- and we have to have them back to him to the end of the day (don't even get me started on this). Anyway, the word "reproductos" is marked "HABLA CONMIGO". I can't, however, talk to him before the end of the day. Are there any Spanish speakers here who can translate the phrase "Reproductive Rights"?

Thank you [Smile]

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Risuena
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I think it's most commonly translated as "derechos reproductivos."

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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EEUU is an abbreviation of Estados Unidos, right? Why does it have two Es and two Us instead of just one of each?

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Risuena
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Well, my Spanish teachers always told me that since Los Estados Unidos is plural, the abbreviation is los EE.UU. so you can't miss the fact that it's plural.

I've never quite believed that explanation.

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Altáriël of Dorthonion
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the double e's and U's are because you're abreviating a capitalized word.
BTW, what do you mean with derechos reproductos?
what ae you trying to say?
I'm the fuent spanish speaker in hatrack.
I'm one that I know of, at least.
Its my native lang.

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Icarus
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I'm the fuent spanish speaker in hatrack.
I'm one that I know of, at least.
Its my native lang.

"the fuent spanish speaker"?

Hay varios jatraqueros cuyos primer idioma fue espaÃ±ol.

I would agree with "derechos reproductivos."

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Icarus
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I've always heard the same reason Risuena gave for EEUU.

OPEP, which is the Spanish equivalent of OPEC, is plural and capitalized, and yet it is not duplicated, so [Dont Know]

EDIT, thinking more about this, while "PaÃses" is plural, the congregate is not: "OrganizaciÃ³n." EEUU, on the other hand, is entirely plural. So I'm more inclined to continue believing that this is why.

In any case, miswriting one word on a title seems like something that could be more easily corrected without having to meet with the teacher, so I wonder if it might not have been something else.

[ December 17, 2004, 12:06 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]

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PSI Teleport
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See, *I* know you just quoted that so that you could type the word fuent. It's an excellent word which I think I'll shall use more often.

By the way, that's often with the t pronounced.

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Altáriël of Dorthonion
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Como puedes ver Icarus, dije que soy LA que habla espanol en jatrack, que yo sepa. por favor no me ataques de esa manera. aunque no pueda ser la mejor en gramatica, ya que me crie en EE.UU., si soy de las que tienen la lengua floja.

Feliz Navidad, Ciclo Solar Nuevo y Dia de Reyes

No dije "--- nuevo", porque estoy en una Mac y no puedo usar la ene con la cosita arriba, entoses en ubiera escrito "ano", y eso no suena muy bien...X.X

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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Alt, press option + n and then n again. [Smile]

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Icarus
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por favor no me ataques de esa manera.

Â¿De quÃ© manera yo te ataquÃ©?

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Como puedes ver Icarus, dije que soy LA que habla espanol en jatrack, que yo sepa.

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I'm the fuent spanish speaker in hatrack.

Yo no veo la palabra "LA" aquÃ por ningÃºn lado.

Yo no te estaba atacando. Estaba dejÃ¡ndote saber que hay otros aquÃ que tambiÃ©n hablan espaÃ±ol. Yo ni estaba bravo, pero encontrÃ© cÃ³mico como asumiste que eras la Ãºnica. (Tengo confianza que no eres LA Ãºnica tampoco. Por ejemplo, puedo estar equivocado, pero siempre he tenido la impressiÃ³n que Risuena es verdaderamente RisueÃ±a. Y tambien hay Saudade, aunque hace tiempo que no la veo por aquÃ. [Frown]

)

Me da pena que tÃº crees que te estaba atacando, pero no es el caso. Â¿Cuando me has visto atacar a nadie sin razÃ³n? [Dont Know]

[ December 16, 2004, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]

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Risuena
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he tenido la impressiÃ³n que Risuena es verdaderamente RisueÃ±a

SÃ, estÃ¡s correcto. Aunque soy gringa, pienso que hablo bastante bien (desafortunadamente mi espaÃ±ol estÃ¡ empeorando a causa de falta de practica y porque estoy aprendiendo el portuguÃ©s - el 'portenhol' es muy facil! [Wink]

)

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Icarus
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desafortunadamente mi espaÃ±ol estÃ¡ empeorando a causa de falta de practica

A mÃ tambien me faltan oportunidades para mantener la prÃ¡ctica. (Casi) Todos mis amigos hablan inglÃ©s, y hasta con los amigos bilingÃ¼es me encuentro hablando en inglÃ©s porque nos sentimos raros hablando en espaÃ±ol cuando sabemos inglÃ©s. Varias veces he pensado que serÃa bueno tener un hilo para conversaciÃ³n en espaÃ±ol, para nosotros que queremos mantener la prÃ¡ctica, pero cada vez que uno empieza, una persona o otra que no habla espaÃ±ol se enoja, quizÃ¡s imaginÃ¡ndose que estamos hablando sobre otros jatraqueros, o simplemente indigno sobre no poder entendernos. [Dont Know]

Annie empezÃ³ un hilo en espaÃ±ol en galacticcactus.com, pero muriÃ³ cuando el sitio se muriÃ³ por un ratico hace uno o dos meses. Si hay varios de nosotros que queremos practicar, debe de ser posible hacerlo aquÃ.

[Smile]

[ December 17, 2004, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]

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kaioshin00
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Eres un boligrafo en una bombilla.

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Lupus
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hola

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Ryuko
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I want to speak Spanish.. [Frown]

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saxon75
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Y tambien hay Saudade, aunque hace tiempo que no la veo por aquÃ.

Saudade is on hiatus. She'll be back some day. And every now and then I see her on AIM.

(HabrÃa usado espaÃ±ol, pero yo sÃ© solamente un poco espaÃ±ol. Â¡Que barbaridad!)

(Me gusta el (la?) frase "Â¡Que barbaridad!")

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saxon75
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I want to speak Spanish..

Yo tambiÃ©n, Ryukochan. Yo tambiÃ©n.

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Risuena
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AquÃ en Texas, la mayoria de mis amigos hablan espaÃ±ol pero como tus amigos biligues, casi siempre hablamos en inglÃ©s. Pero ahora creo que el portuguÃ©s es un problema mas grande para mÃ. Cada vez que trato de hablar en espaÃ±ol tengo que pensar demasiado para no usar portuguÃ©s y es mÃ¡s fÃ¡cil usar inglÃ©s.

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Varias veces he pensado que serÃa bueno tener un hilo para conversaciÃ³n en espaÃ±ol, para nosotros que queremos mantener la prÃ¡ctica

Recuerdo los hilos con David Bowles y jacare sorridente discutando sobre (y en) espaÃ±ol y portuguÃ©s - siempre son muy divertidos. Pues, podemos usar este hilo para practicar y si alguien se enoja podemos mudar a otra lugar.

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Altáriël of Dorthonion
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Perdon! Pese que lo decias en tono de, "!?Que te pasa, wey?!"
Creo que me equivoque...X.x
de donde eres?
yo estoy en san diego y una soy mexicana de 17 aÃ±os. (estoy en Windows ahora)

Feliz AÃ±o Nuevo!!

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Unmaker
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MÃ¡s bien serÃa "Â¿QuÃ© onda, gÃ¼ey?" Pero, en fin. No todos dominamos la otorgrafÃa del espaÃ±ol, mucho menos el deletreo de tales vocablos del calÃ³. Pero, hay que acordarse de que la letra "w" rara vez se utiliza en el dulce castellano.

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Icarus
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Siempre es difÃcil interpretar el tono correctamente sobre el internet, ya que ni me puedes oÃr la voz ni ver la cara--y probablemente es mas difÃcil todavÃa cuando estamos hablando en espaÃ±ol. Por mi parte, yo me encuentro adoptando un tono mas formal para evitar disparar con un "cubanismo" que nadie entenderÃa. El tono que yo intentaba era mas como un *thwap*, pero no enojado en serio, sino bromeando.

Yo nacÃ aquÃ en los EEUU, pero mi familia es cubana, y me criÃ© en Miami, donde (como en California) la cultura latina todavÃa esta viva y fuerte. Mis padres no me enseÃ±aron inglÃ©s: en lugar, me ensaÃ±aron hablar en espaÃ±ol, y yo aprendÃ inglÃ©s cuando lleguÃ© a la escuela americana. Creo que es una de las dos cosas mas inteligentes que hicieron mis padres. (La otra fue siempre comprarme libros, sin fijarse en el precio, aunque estÃ¡bamos bastante pobres a veces.)

Â¡Felicidades a ti tambiÃ©n! [Smile]

[ December 17, 2004, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]

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Icarus
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el dulce castellano

*chuckle*

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PSI Teleport
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Yay for Icarus' formal tone. It's the only thing I can read with Worldlingo.

Oh: I thought "el dulce castellano" meant some cultural thing that I would have to be native to understand.

[ December 17, 2004, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]

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Icarus
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I thought he meant flan. [Wink]

"pan de gloria": el "donut" castellano

Heh. We should have a conversation just in our edits. [Big Grin]

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PSI Teleport
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Ha. Wow.

Now I'm thinking of a donut as a Christmas food. Weird.

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Altáriël of Dorthonion
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el castellano es lo que hablan los espaÃ±oles, los mexicanos hables espaÃ±ol. que cosas no?
Ah, gracias por correjir mi ortografia.

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BannaOj
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The only thing i've understood was the *thwap*
[Wink]

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