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Oct 1, 2002, 12:47 PM

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what do these words mean?

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when a person answers a phone they say "Bueno"<p>when a person says "Ay yi yi" (it happened to me when I walked into a bar in Mexico, a bunch of guys said it)<p>

Laura

Oct 16, 2002, 9:33 AM

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what do these words mean?

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Bueno means that the line is working OK... That why we say bueno...<p>

Gone away

Oct 27, 2002, 9:54 PM

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Re: [da] what do these words mean?

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Ay yi yi

According to my computerized Spanish/English Translation program it means "OUCH", but it's only a dumb computer.

Denis

Nov 4, 2002, 12:20 PM

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Re: [RM] what do these words mean?

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Your computer is not entirely dumb. According to a previous posting, ¡Ay yi yi! means "You're so beautiful it hurts."

mexhapati

Nov 4, 2002, 1:21 PM

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Fine line between joy and pain?

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Ay is an expression of pain, like "ouch" in English. A beautiful girl walks into a room or your favorite song comes on the radio, more than on ayayayay may be heard. It's too beautiful, so beautiful it hurts!

Esa mujer está muy buena. That woman is well endowed.

Esa mujer es muy buena. That woman es kind, good.....

sparks

Nov 4, 2002, 6:45 PM

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Re: [rolguin] Fine line between joy and pain?

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Man am I gonna get in trouble <grin>