Just when I thought I was bored by the whole Trumpet phenomenon, El Trompeta goes and makes this claim: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-911-problem-help-rubble-172716833.html “Everyone who helped clear the rubble — and I was there, and I watched, and I helped a little bit — but I want to tell you: Those people were amazing,” Trump said. “Clearing the rubble. Trying to find additional lives. You didn’t know what was going to come down on all of us — and they handled it.”
Oh, my. It's a simple gaffe (the 7/11) coupled with another claim that may not exactly pan out. (Or it might.) It won't matter to his followers, though. They jettisoned any expectations of truth a long time ago.
Well, I think of them as liquor stores because they sell liquor. I guess technically they are a convenience store. Of course, these days, many liquor stores out here sell other items like swap meet type clothes (cheap socks, beanies, t-shirts) and things of this nature. I still tend to use the old school term "liquor store". I guess it is hard to make money just on liquor and cigs.
I THINK it would be either "el trompeto" or "la trompeta". There certainly are exceptions to the general rule, though, such as "el agua" and "las manos", both quite common. (wink)
Can't be. Here, convenience stores make 1/3 to 1/2 their profits on cigarettes. They'd be dead without them, as they can't sell alcohol - not even wine or beer. The Provincial government does that - at astronomical markups plus tax. Even they can't screw that system up. Latest figures: "The LCBO transferred a dividend of $1.935 billion to the Ontario government, $130 million more than the year before. Net income for 2015-16 was $1.97 billion, an increase of 8.2 per cent. The agency said it was the 21st year of record sales." Maybe, in light of the current situation, it could be seen this way: "la trompeta" the instrument, "el trompeta" - the man. :question: :question: :question: Then again, the correct word is el trompetista, for a man who plays it, so... maybe that would do? J.
In the Hispanic community, the call him "el Trumpeta", which is a play of his name, just with eta added. :smile:
Whatever they say - goes. I figure there'd be quite a number of Spanish-speakers (hispanohablantes - thanks Maniac) who'd call him "el constructor de muros," or something less complimentary. J.
Why not "La Trampa" :chairfall: It can even be turned into a hit song! Para bailar la trampa se nececita una poca de mentira....
The late Ritchie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela) would have been proud of you, Maniac. His own, excellent 1958 take on this traditional song might have been different, if he'd had to live in the Age of Trump. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bamba_(song) J.