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baja mensa club: May 2007

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Friday, May 4, 2007. Happy Cinco de Mayo. First came the New England Pilgrims and their Virginia cousins. Then came the Revolutionary War, followed by the Louisiana Purchase. The Monroe Doctrine restrained European competition in our hemisphere and the concept of Manifest Destiny gave moral authority to our westward push. The pesky Texians. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). San Pedro, California, United States. View my complete profile.

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baja mensa club: October 2007

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Monday, October 1, 2007. Spanish word of the day - calvo. From L. calvus. Bald), whence E. Calvin. From which descend Calavario. Skull). English Calvary. Comes straight from the Latin, but Calvin. Surname and given name.originally a Roman nickname) is borrowed from the French.The famous philosopher John Calvin was born in France as Jean Chauvin. Another Chauvin. A legendary soldier in Napoleon's Grande Armee. Once upon a time I live...

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baja mensa club: September 2007

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Spanish Word of the Day - ceja. From L. cilia. Eyebrow, eyelid) plural from L. cilium. Literally: of or pertaining to a raising of the eyebrow as an expression of haughtiness. Eyebrow), which became. With raised eyebrows, hence haughty. A person of superior intellectual interests and tastes . or. A person with intellectual or cultural pretensions; intellectual snob. Friday, September 21, 2007. As learn...

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baja mensa club: Spanish Word of the Day - buey

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Friday, September 14, 2007. Spanish Word of the Day - buey. From L. bovis, whence E. bovine. The noble ox was the engine of Manifest Destiny. The ox is a most noble animal, patient, thrifty, durable, gentle and does not run off. Those who come to this country will be in love with their oxen. The ox will plunge through mud, swim over streams, dive into thickets and he will eat almost anything." (. Oregon Trail Pioneer Peter Burnett.

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baja mensa club: Spanish Word of the Day: ballena

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Saturday, September 8, 2007. Spanish Word of the Day: ballena. From L. ballaena. Whence E. baleen. They called it a what. Frolickers was a parading of the phallos. Pole, which had the shape of a very large you-know-what. There were sea monsters at the time and the Greeks, no small thinkers, likened the shape of certain of those to the phallos. Became Latin ballaena,. Upon which Spanish ballena. Whale) and English baleen. As a point ...

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baja mensa club: Spanish Word of the Day - ceja

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Spanish Word of the Day - ceja. From L. cilia. Eyebrow, eyelid) plural from L. cilium. Literally: of or pertaining to a raising of the eyebrow as an expression of haughtiness. Eyebrow), which became. With raised eyebrows, hence haughty. A person of superior intellectual interests and tastes . or. A person with intellectual or cultural pretensions; intellectual snob. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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baja mensa club: Spanish Word of the Day - gringo

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Friday, September 21, 2007. Spanish Word of the Day - gringo. From Sp. griego. It's all Greek to me. Rome was a great military power. Greece was a great cultural and intellectual center. Each had a need for the other. Each felt contempt for the other. They were a perfect match. For the origin of parasite. As Rome's fortunes waned in the west, so did Greece's. But the eastern Roman Empire survived very well in what had become the.

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baja mensa club: Spanish Word of the Day - puño

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Spanish Word of the Day - puño. From L. pugnus. Hence E. pugnacious, etc. A dagger held in the fist). On the English side, pugnus. Two words that pack a punch. Related word). A short list of the Spanish and English words appears in the diagram below. It ryhmes with "boneyard. Cousin to the puñal. Which rhymes with " s. Had a Greek cousin, pygme. As a point of interest, the duke. Of "put up your dukes,".

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baja mensa club: Spanish word of the day - mordida

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Mission Statement: help Baja Mensans learn Spanish in 200 Years or less. Saturday, September 15, 2007. Spanish word of the day - mordida. E bribe (bite, nibble). From L. mordere. To bite), whence E. morsel. A bite-sized portion of food) and mordant. An adjective meaning 'biting,' as in mordant. Viewed in that light, the mordida. Is a nibble, not a ferocious bite. Ferocious bites are reserved for those officials higher up the food chain. System at huge personal and financial cost. Fasten your seatbelt&#46...