[PRCo] Re: Answer to Fred III's post on bilingual drivers

[Fred Schneider]

On Dec 8, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> I was able to really send "shock waves", albeit good shock waves,  
> through some Hispanic drivers a few years ago when I lived in  
> Austin, TX and worked for Capital Metro. We were all sitting in the  
> operators lounge, playing some silly game which required that  
> scores be kept for each player. I was the only "Anglo" in the  
> group. Bear in mind, however, all these guys were my good work  
> buddies. They would switch from English to Spanish, and back and  
> forth. At one point, one guy told a joke, in Spanish. When the  
> punch line came I laughed along with them. (The punch line was,  
> "And look, Henry has the pen.") So, thinking quickly, I figured I  
> better say the punch line to prove that I understood what was said,  
> and not just laughing along with them. So I said, "Si, la pluma es  
> con Enrique", or Yes, the pen is with Henry. I never saw four chins  
> drop to the floor so fast and such a look of surprise come over  
> four people at the same time. It was really priceless...........I  
> wish I would  have had a camera to record the moment. At that time  
> I then knew that those years of taking Spanish were really worth  
> it.  ;-)
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> Herb Brannon
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