http://elliottbacksblog.disqus.com/enTue, 25 Jan 2005 20:18:24 -0000http://elliottback.com/wp/spanish-mixes-me-up/#comment-3182041Not to mention the tendency to always translate literally! Imagine reading:<br><br><blockquote>Èl lanzò la piedra...</blockquote><br><br>and then translating it, "He lanced the rock..." rather than "He threw the rock..."elliottbackTue, 25 Jan 2005 20:18:24 -0000http://elliottback.com/wp/spanish-mixes-me-up/#comment-3182040Another source of confussion for english speaker is the gender in spanish :-) A friend canadian friend told me once: "El inglés es el idioma de los negocios, el francés es el idio del amor, y el español es el idioma de la pasión" (He speaks the three languages).<br><br>By the way, I just installed your antispam plpugin in my experimental WordPress blog: <a href="http://www.encalrtado.com/topochopress/" rel="nofollow">http://www.encalrtado.com/topochopress/</a> and it looks like it is working great.TopochoTue, 25 Jan 2005 17:28:25 -0000