Elephant Town Chapter 3 (pages 13-15
Added 2020-09-07 04:33:24 +0000 UTC
Meighan's Spanish isssss about as good as mine.
That established, special thanks to patron Kier for helping me fix up the Spanish in this chapter! If you know Spanish, the next update will be a breeze for you. If not, Meighan will probably help you out. ;)
Hope a lot of you are having the same beautiful weather we're getting out east! It's sleep-with-the-windows-open weather out here, my favorite kind of weather.
Comments
Late to the party to say that our weather is currently either "apocalypse sky" or "can't breath the air smoky". Yay San Francisco! If I could attach pics here I'd show you. :)
2020-09-11 07:39:43 +0000 UTCToaster oven.
2020-09-10 18:30:03 +0000 UTCahahahaha!
Danielle Corsetto
2020-09-09 17:15:19 +0000 UTCah yes, the Spanish-speaking country of Maryland with its Scan-it checkout lanes with español voice options (I srsly would select that just because the English was getting on my nerves x 6 active lanes of it)
Minzoku Bokumetsu
2020-09-09 17:12:43 +0000 UTCAaaahahahaha!! If I "recuerdo"ed how to speak in past tense, I'd say that I didn't know Giant stores were in Spanish-speaking countries!
Danielle Corsetto
2020-09-09 13:48:47 +0000 UTCall that me recuerda muy bien esta "Recuerde retinar el recibo. Gracias por contrar en Giant."
Minzoku Bokumetsu
2020-09-09 05:32:33 +0000 UTCOoh interesting! I'm pretty sure Berto's apartment is a code violation, but luckily that fits in nicely with the background story on his landlord. ;)
Danielle Corsetto
2020-09-08 14:30:53 +0000 UTCThis seems similar to what got called a bedsit (bed-sitting room) in Dublin when I was there ca. 1990 (there was a dreadful shortage of student-type housing at the time and landlords took full advantage. Bedsits were later outlawed in Ireland).
William Cole
2020-09-08 03:38:41 +0000 UTCYay for Google Translate! Berto really is the consummate romantic. Perhaps he composed a song for their anniversary?
Ruth Merriam
2020-09-07 15:51:51 +0000 UTCThat's wild. I can't imagine not even being able to heat up a frozen pizza in your own apartment.
Ruth
2020-09-07 15:43:18 +0000 UTCHaha, no recuerdo mucho, tambien. ... tampoco? Either!
Danielle Corsetto
2020-09-07 15:40:26 +0000 UTCOh wow, I just read the kitchen part and now I'm wondering how they were allowed to call that old apartment an efficiency! Back when I looked at it, it didn't have ANY kitchen amenities!
Danielle Corsetto
2020-09-07 15:39:15 +0000 UTCThe IRL apartment Berto lives in was the first *I'd* ever heard of it, too! When I went back to take reference photos, they'd upgraded it from an efficiency to a two-room mini-apartment with a tiny kitchen where the bathroom used to be (the bathroom is now just half the size it used to be).
Danielle Corsetto
2020-09-07 15:36:32 +0000 UTCI was wondering the same, does he not have a sink at all? First time hearing about efficiency apartments!
Boum
2020-09-07 14:32:09 +0000 UTCThank you! That really helps me imagine Berto's whole living situation lol. I thought he was living in a hotel room or something.
Ruth
2020-09-07 12:00:34 +0000 UTCYes! This has a decent explanation. https://www.apartmentlist.com/renter-life/differences-between-studio-and-efficiency-apartments
Sarah Manx
2020-09-07 11:31:15 +0000 UTCIs an efficiency a type of apartment?
Ruth
2020-09-07 08:11:22 +0000 UTCahhhh recuerdo no mucho recuerde? recue....rr.......something
Minzoku Bokumetsu
2020-09-07 05:04:18 +0000 UTCLOVED putting my DuoLingo lessons to use in this one! Excited for more!
Ken
2020-09-07 04:35:40 +0000 UTC
