March 2011

This word has generated more conversation within the office than you can imagine. Our wonderful neighbor and refuge, Elmo's Diner, has asked us to translate their menu into Spanish. Bagels, malteds, English muffins, refill, grits, collards, ... But the hardest word has been sausage. American style pork breakfast sausage is not eaten in Latin America, so we have been trying to come up with the best equivalent—salchicha, chorizo, embutido, salchichón ... None of these work as is. At the moment we're going with salchicha de desayuno. We'll let you know when Elmo's has the new menu ready. Then you'll have one more place to practice your español.