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Spanish Word of the Day
| March 21st, 2014 at 5:00:44 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I think by now you should spend the entirety of WoVCon Quattro doing push ups. Lucky for you that would be dull and no one will want to see it ;)
I'll let you guess on the last part. "Que quieren hacer para celebrar?" "Como quieren celebrar?" "Que harán para celebrar?" among others.
Well, he was a dictator who ruled for many years. In fact, Porfirio Díaz, who would later Dictate for three decades, rose up against Juarez under the soon-to-be-ironic slogan "Sufragio Efectivo, No Re-elección."(*) He passed the Reform Laws, which are only vaguely described in history class. One provision was the expropriation of a great deal of property and goods belonging to the Catholic Church. This was, I think, before the French invaded and installed a puppet emperor Maximiliano I, in Mexico. There followed years of civil war, I think involving French troops on the side of the Conservatives. Eventually the French, and Maximiliano, were deposed (the emperor and his wife were executed). Of course, at the time America was having her own Civil War, otherwsie the French, Napoleon III or no Napoleon III, would never have dared invade an American neighbor. By the time the USCW ended, the French could be pressured into withdrawing support of their puppet. (*) There's a joke that Díaz later claimed to have been missunderstood. That he claimed his slogan was "Sugfragio efectivo no. Re-elección!" But it's just a lame classroom joke. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 21st, 2014 at 5:29:55 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Thank you for the refresher on my Mexican history, which is always very rusty, at best. If if Juarez was so bad, then why did he get elected five times, there is a city named for him (across from El Paso), an airport, and it seems there is a Benito Juarez avenida in lots of Mexican cities? Doesn't he, perhaps incorrectly, get most of the credit for defeating the French?  Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 21st, 2014 at 6:02:50 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |  The word Jaculatoria = "Se llama jaculatoria, en la cultura cristiana, a la breve oración o invocación fervorosa." The English word briefly held that meaning alongside the biological one in the 17th century, but the two meanings cannot exist side by side for long periods. Benito Juarez is usually called the "Lincoln of Mexico" as he lived at the same time as Abraham Lincoln and they admired each other greatly. Lincoln even secretly helped supply Juarez with guns. As you probably knew, Juarez was 100% indigenous, and probably never heard Spanish until the age of 3. He is greatly admired in Mexico, but he certainly used some of the same tricks as other politicians. The name "dictator" has some justification. But that probably could be said about every 19th century head of state of Mexico. |
| March 21st, 2014 at 6:04:08 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
It's like this. Porfirio Díaz is the most reviled man in Mexican history. As far as the government-issued history books are concerned, the period he ruled (1880-1910) was equivalent to the Dark Ages. Even so, there are streets named after him here and there. Perhaps the second most reviled, and the msot reviled in mdoern times, is José López Portillo, who was president between 1976 and 1982. There are streets named for him, too,a nd even a few statues. IMO, this tells you enough about Mexico. Out of curiosity, I don't expect anything to be named after Benedict Arnold in the US, but is there anything (streets, parks, cities, etc) named after, say, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davies or Robert E. Lee? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 21st, 2014 at 6:05:55 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
And every 20th century one as well, until the second part of Carlos Salinas' term. That was when suddenly other parties started winning elections. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 21st, 2014 at 9:49:00 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |  Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis in a carving 2 acres in area. They actually have quite a few monuments to them. Americans don't create martyrs, and they don't create villains. President Andrew Jackson is sometimes called America's Hitler, but very few people know that. Porfirio Díaz was greatly admired in America when he ruled. His comment in an interview in an American magazine where he said he would retire was a big part of the revolution.
thank you for this recommendation. |
| March 22nd, 2014 at 3:35:29 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I'm guessing it's south of a certain famous line? I should say I'm surprised. Lee was certainly one of the best-ever generals (just see how far he got with ill-equiped troops and really bad logistics), but the cause he chose couldn't have been more wrong (not at that time). Given this, though, I would expect something honoring J.E.B. Stuart. But please don't tell me there's a monument to Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Benedict Arnold? Monica Lewinski? OJ Simpson? The Dallas Cowboys? <w>
I really fail to see why. He's controversial, and being a Democrat doesn't help, but he was thoroughly a man of his time.
You're welcome Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 22nd, 2014 at 4:45:29 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Fecha: 22-3-14 Palabra: Quiromancia Today's SWD means chiromancy. "What is chiromancy?", you might ask. Then today we get to learn an English word too. It is the study of palm reading. Usually when I see the prefix "chiro" I think of the back, as in chiropractic, but I think the prefix refers to the whole skeletal system. I guess it is usually the spine that gives most of us problems. Ejemplo time. Me dijo la quiromancista que encontaré amor muy pronto. = The palm reader said I would find love very soon. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 22nd, 2014 at 5:57:18 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I knew both words. But then I read the Technomage trilogy, which has a heavy influx of magical and con terms like that.
I've no idea if the choice of noun is anywhere near right or not. All I know about palm-reading is what appears on TV and the movies, and that's more than I've ever wanted to know. If there is a common term in Spanish for such a person, I don't know it. This also means "please dont' ask questions about Mexican or Latin American mysticism." I'm proudly clueless about it. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 22nd, 2014 at 6:13:37 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
 Carlos Castañeda was probably more American than Peruvian. He moved to the USA as a teenager.  The famous Life Magazine May 13 1957 as part of its "Great Adventures Series," published "Seeking the Magic Mushroom" (in Mexico) This article, which inspired Dr. Timothy Leary and countless others to try the mushrooms, is considered by many to be the instrument that ushered in the "Psychedelic Revolution" of the 1960s. |