By Languages - 24/04/2017 09:58 - United States - Irving

Today, while eating in a Mexican restaurant, I asked the waitperson how the drink my husband ordered was pronounced in Spanish. She replied, "Vodka Martini." FML
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Exaspera 54

OP here. What a surprise, my first published FML! Being a Mexican restaurant, all of the employees there were Mexican. I try to keep up on my Spanish and wanted to know the translation. This one turned out to be rather easy to remember. Cheers!

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Druu 53

I think the point is there is no Spanish translation. In terms of etymology, "vodka" is Russian and "martini" is Italian.

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Druu 53

Senora, nos dicemos "jugo gringrita"!

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RichardPencil 30

I'll bet she said "bodka." That's hilarious!

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whisperskeep 8

Really? Don't expect that everyone working at a culture restaurant knows said language.

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Druu 53

I think the point is there is no Spanish translation. In terms of etymology, "vodka" is Russian and "martini" is Italian.

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Druu 53

Senora, nos dicemos "jugo gringrita"!

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Tarlachia 33

Be sure to reply bilingually too with "¡¿No?!"

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Exaspera 54

OP here. What a surprise, my first published FML! Being a Mexican restaurant, all of the employees there were Mexican. I try to keep up on my Spanish and wanted to know the translation. This one turned out to be rather easy to remember. Cheers!

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wickedgetz 30

congrats on your first published FML. at least now you know a vodka Martini is a vodka martini in any language

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flyinglittleducks 7

But not everyone working in a Mexican restaurant is Mexican...? Please stop being so ignorant.

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United Airlines 2

"Waitperson"?...

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wawa_sxm 15

Haha yeah thats the one thing that stood out for me....guess with the times its safer. you never know how one identifies themselves. Yeah a name is a name no matter what language

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Gwengreen 6

It is called Google translate. I assume you have a cell phone. Then you don't sound like an ignorant moron. A FML for you? Moe for her that she gets these dumbs questions too frequently.

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Exaspera 54

This was actually back before cells were available.

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