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05-05-2004, 12:50 PM
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Happy Cinco de Mayo
Yo...Happy Cinco de Mayo. Remember Coronas are only properly consumed by the bucket. And lunch time will be a good time people...a GOOD time will be had by all.
-Rudey
--All the cool Chicago people should head on over to Cactus!
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05-05-2004, 12:52 PM
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Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
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05-05-2004, 12:58 PM
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let cinco de drinko commence 
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05-05-2004, 01:13 PM
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MMMMMM... margaritas course I can't drink any Margaritas until after the panhellenic meeting my roommate is forcing me to attend tonight... grr...
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05-05-2004, 01:22 PM
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For those of you who are historically minded, I got this from a reputable source:
Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico.... But as we know....the great ship did not make it to New York....The ship hit an iceberg and sank....and the cargo was forever lost....
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery....were disconsolate at the loss.... Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning which they still observe to this day....
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th....and is known....of course....
as Sinko de Mayo....
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05-05-2004, 01:26 PM
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OMG. honeychile, that is hilarious!!!
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05-05-2004, 01:30 PM
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I have a class from 7-9 tonight, I hope my friends aren't too many margs deep by the time I'm done.
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05-05-2004, 01:33 PM
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Originally posted by ambición6
OMG. honeychile, that is hilarious!!!
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 ˇde nada!
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05-05-2004, 01:35 PM
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YAY FOR CACTUS!!!!
Marrrrrrrrrggggggaaaaarrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittt ttttaaaaaaaaasssss 
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05-05-2004, 01:45 PM
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Actually, Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory by the Mexicans over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The actual Mexican Independence Day is September 16.
More info: http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm
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05-05-2004, 02:57 PM
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Can someone tell me how to properly pronounce "Cinco de Mayo"?
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05-05-2004, 03:02 PM
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are you serious?
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lol, yeah. I took French, never Spanish. And since I know "de" in French is "duh" but it's "day" in Spanish, I thought other pronounciations might be different too
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05-05-2004, 03:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by KillarneyRose
lol, yeah. I took French, never Spanish. And since I know "de" in French is "duh" but it's "day" in Spanish, I thought other pronounciations might be different too
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sinkoh deh mah yo
-Rudey
--And you took Freedom, not phrench.
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05-05-2004, 03:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Can someone tell me how to properly pronounce "Cinco de Mayo"?
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What kind of accent do you want?
I mean this in good fun, so please, no one get offended.
When I was growing up in FL, some of our teachers would make fun of the "Southern" way of speaking Spanish...it was always good for a chuckle. Then, when I started taking Spanish class in college in NC, the first day of class everyone thought I was crazy because I was laughing so hard.....the boy was prounouncing "gracias" exactly the way we would typify a Southerner to do so (as in grassy-ass).
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05-05-2004, 03:20 PM
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My coworkers and I went to this great Mexican place for lunch that serves free maragritas (they do this all the time, not just Cinco de Mayo). Needless to say, I'm going to be pretty useless at work for the rest of the day.
Free margaritas are my friend.
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