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Old 03-13-2008   #42 (permalink)
Frank Smith
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna View Post
Too funny.

I'll try to explain it for those who go 'Lost in translation? Well, translate if for me then!' In Spanish, a place where you do buiness, set up a shop or have an office, is called local, pronounced loh-kahl. In plural it would be locales, in Spanish. Here they've taken the Spanish word, put an English plural ending on it and paired it with For Sale, which is obviously English, not knowing that locals in English has a totally different meaning. There you go. It's funny, believe me.
In other words a false cognit.
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