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Wicked Spanish : For the Traveler by Howard Tomb (1991, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100894808613
ISBN-139780894808616
eBay Product ID (ePID)26069247331
Product Key Features
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWicked Spanish : for the Traveler
SubjectSpanish
Publication Year1991
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorHoward Tomb
Subject AreaForeign Language Study
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight2.1 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-020799
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal468.3/421/0207
Table Of ContentCONTENTS INTRODUCTION Bienvenudo...5 GETTING AROUND The Old Man and the Chevy...6 Disclaimer of Wickedness...7 Stop Bus!...8 Prayer of the Lost Luggage...9 Addressing the Mule...10 Customs Tips...11 Tipping Policemen...12 Pedestrian Advisory...14 Assorted Road Signs...15 DESTINATIONS Surviving the Hotel...16 When in Ruins...18 Understanding Zapotec Basketball...19 Confession...20 Death Takes a Holiday...21 Finding the Museum...22 Beach Blanket Lingo...24 Attention Third-World Shoppers...25 SUSTENANCE Restaurant Survival Techniques...26 Look out for "Chicken of the Trees"...28 Guide to Painless Dining...30 Prayer of the Large Intestine...31 The Men-Only Bar...32 For Women Only: Coin-A-Curse...33 Drinking to Kill the Critters Within...34 Mexican Drinks of Death...35 Moctezuma's Medical Emergency...36 Eat and Run...37 DAILY LIFE Perfecting the Haggle...38 Post Waste...40 Essential Expletives...41 El Banco de Quixote...42 Banishing the Miniature Huckster...44 Reporting Thefts...46 CULTURE The Eternal Siesta...48 Manana Counterattack...49 El Business Meeting...50 La Revolution...52 Handy Guide to Latin Revolutionaries...53 Love in the Time of Severe Abdominal Cramps...54 Cockfights...56 Bullfights...57 Mariachi at a Distance...58 THE MODEL GUEST The Polite Guest's Guide to EntrÈe Identification...59 Natives at Home...60 The Inevitable Thank-You Note...62 HELP Gringo-matic(tm) Emergency Dictionary...63 Gringo-matic(tm)Quick Reference...64
SynopsisFrom the sneakily successful travel series with over 1 million copies in print, Wicked Spanish (over 250,000 copies in print) is the devilishly funny pocket-sized guide to language and culture in the land of manana. From managing epic taxi rides (The Old Man and the Chevy) to Perfecting the Haggle to Tipping the Police, Wicked Spanish anticipates and prepares norteamericanos for a wide range of exotic Latin customs and conditions-also know as que sera, sera. Explain to your innkeeper that you'd rather have private accommodations: Pero you prefiero un cuarto sin escorpiones. ("But I'd prefer a room without scorpions."). Politely ask your waiter what you're eating: QuS hace immovil dentro del mole? (What lies motionless under the spicy chocolate sauce?). And Mi abuelo perteneci. a un sindicato obrero ("My grandfather belonged to a labor union") may be just the ticket for kidnap victims of revolutionaries. Once acclimated, you'll make clever cockfight conversation, understand Zapotec Basketball, and even enjoy a cold cerveza with your wife in a friendly men's bar: No la mires. No le hables. No la toques. ("Do not stare at her. Do not address her. Do not touch her."). Above all, you'll learn the real meaning of Vaya con Dios.
LC Classification NumberPN6231.S646T6 1991
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