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Post by thebogeyman on Jun 1, 2017 8:45:47 GMT -5
Love that we have people telling Norberto (pedroelgrande) what words mean in Spanish. Outstanding. Anyway, any nickname that makes me think of Tito Santana is alright in my book. Motion to make El Matador official. I particularly look forward to his first AAA start against Durham. Second.
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Post by sibbysisti on Jun 1, 2017 8:48:17 GMT -5
I believe "mata" is one of the verb forms of "to kill" in Spanish. Is it too early to call him... "the Killer?" Doesn't mata mean eyes in Spanish ? Haha, maybe all those years in SoCal I was telling Spanish ladies the wrong stuff. Check with Mrs. Philsbosoxfan. Mata, accent on last syllable, is "eyes" in Tagalog.
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Post by James Dunne on Jun 1, 2017 9:04:06 GMT -5
I believe "mata" is one of the verb forms of "to kill" in Spanish. Is it too early to call him... "the Killer?" Doesn't mata mean eyes in Spanish ? Haha, maybe all those years in SoCal I was telling Spanish ladies the wrong stuff. Wait, wait. This can't be overlooked. For years you meant to tell the lovely senoritas of Southern California that you like their eyes and you just found out now you were actually telling them that you like their bush? This. Is. Incredible.
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Post by sibbysisti on Jun 1, 2017 9:30:09 GMT -5
Doesn't mata mean eyes in Spanish ? Haha, maybe all those years in SoCal I was telling Spanish ladies the wrong stuff. Wait, wait. This can't be overlooked. For years you meant to tell the lovely senoritas of Southern California that you like their eyes and you just found out now you were actually telling them that you like their bush? This. Is. Incredible.
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Post by borisman on Jun 1, 2017 10:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 1, 2017 14:22:15 GMT -5
Thats good to hear....especially considering that Fangraphs and MLB seem to give his changeup a higher grade than his curve. Any reads on his velo thus far? Unfortunately no I didn't hear what his velocity was like today.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 1, 2017 14:54:10 GMT -5
Doesn't mata mean eyes in Spanish ? Haha, maybe all those years in SoCal I was telling Spanish ladies the wrong stuff. Mata is eye in Filipino. Ojo is eye in Spanish. lol. I had to look that one up. Mata is eye in Tagalog, the national dialect but is a verb meaning 'wake up' in the local dialect Bisaya, a derivative of Cebuano. When school is in session, I hear my wife say mata ka every morning to my eldest daughter. Filipino dialects are dotted with words of Spanish origin from the days of being a Spanish colony. The very first attorney I used in Davao was Atty Mata. The majority of the indigenous Filipinos use Spanish surnames for basically the same reason American blacks typically have English surnames. A lot of city and place names are Spanish in origin as well as pretty much anything to do with the Catholic church. There's a dialect in western Mindanao (Zamboanga area) which I am told could generally be understood by someone that speaks only Spanish in much the same way that a Spanish speaking person can vaguely speak with an Italian speaking person. There's also a dialect here which is very similar to Arabic. Tagalog is similar to Indonesian.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 1, 2017 15:15:55 GMT -5
Doesn't mata mean eyes in Spanish ? Haha, maybe all those years in SoCal I was telling Spanish ladies the wrong stuff. Wait, wait. This can't be overlooked. For years you meant to tell the lovely senoritas of Southern California that you like their eyes and you just found out now you were actually telling them that you like their bush? This. Is. Incredible. Yes, exactly (except when I wrote that I thought killer. Now a funny story, somewhat related and continuing the off topicness. When I first got to the Philippines I hadn't met my wife yet and I've never been shy with ladies. I had befriended a couple and after a few months I asked the wife how I ask a girl for a date in Bysia. (Most Davao people speak English as their third language because of a mayoral decree that all Davao schools be taught in English in the mid 90's). She taught me 'Gusto ka jerjer ta'. It wasn't until a few months later that I found out the word jerjer doesn't mean "date", it means a certain oral activity. The funny thing is, not once when I used that did it ever get a negative response.
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Post by telson13 on Jun 4, 2017 20:15:32 GMT -5
Doesn't mata mean eyes in Spanish ? Haha, maybe all those years in SoCal I was telling Spanish ladies the wrong stuff. Wait, wait. This can't be overlooked. For years you meant to tell the lovely senoritas of Southern California that you like their eyes and you just found out now you were actually telling them that you like their bush? This. Is. Incredible. Best comment I've seen in four years. Bryan Mata needs to read this thread.
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Post by telson13 on Jun 5, 2017 2:01:57 GMT -5
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