Monday, June 9, 2014

mon, 9 june, 2014: argentine staycation, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


SPANISH:  ¿Dónde esta el telo?    

‡ )   “Where’s the [nearest Love] Hotel?”... NOTE: Telo” —  in Argentina’s equivalent to the French street argot called Verlan — refers to Buenos Aires’ version of Japanese love hotels,  w/ rooms rented by the hour for morning or noon or afternoon delight ;  Argentina,  as Japan,  has a premium on living space... & w/ 20-somethings often still living w/ their parents,  a Telois preferable to the back seat of a car. 

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