Category: Nouns

Have You Ever Taken a Ride on a Russian Mountain?

January 12th, 2009
How's about that for a weird question?This is maybe old news to every student of Spanish other than me, but the name for a roller coaster in Spanish is una montaña rusa - a Russian Mountain!!!Apparently the Russians were the first to invent rides… more »

Posted in General, Nouns

What Does Cement Have to do With Soccer?

January 7th, 2009
OK, so I grew up watching soccer as a kid in England. I went through the excitement and the heartache of following my favorite team's every game as if it was a matter of life and death.Since I moved to the states I haven't really followed soccer much… more »

Posted in Dialect, Mexican, General, Nouns, From Written Media

What's in a name?

December 19th, 2008
How did I come up with the name for the blog?Well, it's Spanish for "some knick-knacks" (at least I hope it is) and that seemed appropriate. Also, my discovery of the word "cachivache" is an example of the kind of thing that this blog will be about.… more »

Posted in Mexican, General, Nouns, From Song