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We’re all in the same boat with this blog, trying to choose something we’re passionate about. When first hearing of the assignment, I thought that the “passion blog” was going to be a piece of cake. Everybody has passions, they’re a dime a dozen. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, though, because I have to admit, when I started out, I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. I’m going to go out on a limb and say I wasn’t the only one having a hard time coming up with something. On the day we shared in class, I wasn’t the only one who sat in silence, but there were also students on the other end of the spectrum. Some people seemed to be having a field day with this passion blog, throwing out ideas left and right. The night before the discussion in class, I had hit the books, trying to come up with something to write about. I like to play a lot of sports, but don’t necessarily follow a professional team. I looked into facts about woman’s collegiate lacrosse, thinking maybe that was something I could write about. Realizing that it wasn’t going to cut it, I gave up, hit the sack, and figured I would start from scratch the next day. I love Spanish, but couldn’t see how that would help me write 12 weeks’ worth of analytical blog posts. It was beginning to look like I would find a passion topic when pigs could fly. How could I come up with a topic that I was not only interested in, but could also use to fit the criteria? I wanted something that wasn’t over the top, something that would start me off on the right foot. It turns out, that after talking with Professor Minbiole, I can have the best of both worlds. Every cloud really does have a silver lining. Sorry if I’m driving you up a wall. You see, there’s a method to my madness. Hold your horses and I’ll cut to the chase.
All languages have figures of speech, or idioms. We use them in our everyday conversation, often more times than we realize. What I did above was intentional, but it’s possible that you didn’t even notice the idioms at first, or even that if you went back to pick them out, would still miss a few. They have become a normal part of our speech. What is strange to think about though, is that if English wasn’t your first language, you most likely would not understand half of what I just told you. We understand these idioms because we use and hear them every day of our lives, as we have been for 18 years. They are part of the culture we have grown up in. I mentioned that I love Spanish, and I did manage to find a way to incorporate that into my passion blog. My goal in this blog is to find Spanish idioms, learn how they’re used, and compare them to the English language. Do we have similar sayings? What does the idiom mean literally translated? Does the idiom have a connection to Spanish culture? Hopefully, through the next 12 weeks, we’ll have answers to these questions for different Spanish idioms. Cross your fingers it works!
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Your first paragraph was brilliant! I noticed the phrases, but read right through them because we are used to using these techniques. When I went back through and reread your first paragraph, my attention was drawn to how ridiculous some of our idioms are! I can’t wait to see what your next posts includes!
Ok, my mind is slightly blown. I noticed maybe one or two of the idioms that you used, but just read through the rest without pausing. I never stopped and realized how frequently you were using them. When I got to your second paragraph, I went back through the first one and couldn’t believe that I hadn’t realized it. Awesome first post, and I can’t wait to read more 🙂
I feel like I have been tricked! But I definitely love this whole idea. You look at language in a whole new way. This blog will be exciting and I can’t wait to look at it in the weeks to come.
This is an awesome idea!! I love how witty the first paragraph of this is, and I can’t wait to see what you come up with in the next few months!! 🙂
This is a really cool idea. I really like the way you introduced it with all of the idioms in English. I will definitely be keeping up with your blog because I am taking Spanish right now and would love to impress my professor some Spanish idioms!
I love your first paragraph! You’re absolutely right; I didn’t even notice all of the idioms you used until you mentioned it. It’s crazy how such ridiculous things (like how it can be raining cats and dogs) are totally normal in our speech.
Your post reminds me of a time in my high school Spanish class when my teacher told the class how she would tutor ESL students. She once subconsciously mentioned to him how she had to go catch the bus, and the student’s eyes got really huge. He thought she actually was going to do something like literally catching a bus. 🙂 So I’m sure Spanish idioms will be just as strange!