Fully bilingual escort Ricky Ford?

[Guest]

He's too fuckin' cute, so I looked up his ad on rentboy, and he says "**FULLY BILINGUAL: hablo español e inglés*". I love how he's so fully bilingual, that he doesn't know how to say "and" in Spanish. (The Spanish word for "and" is "y")....

[good ol boy]

the letters are close to one another on the key board ... maybe it waw a typo LOL we must exptend a certain measure of grace. Maybe he was in a hurry and forgor to profreed his work.

[Steven_Draker]

It's a rule. When after an "y" with the meaning of "and" comes a "i.." or "hi.." you must change "y" into "e".

 

As long as you understand what he's saying you're fine.

[good ol boy]

hmmm who knew je parle francais et je ne parle pas espagnol and the et remains et when followed by a consonant in French, correct?

[Steven_Draker]

hmmm who knew je parle francais et je ne parle pas espagnol and the et remains et when followed by a consonant in French, correct?

 

Yes, my friend. In French "et" {and} is always "et"

 

[liubit]

Steven is right about the Spanish rule, Unicorn. When followed by a word starting with "i" (in this case, "inglés"), the word "y" for "and", which is invariably pronounced like an English long "i" (sheep), becomes "e" to avoid repeating the sound. So, what the escort writes, "español E inglés", is perfectly correct. To write "español Y inglés" would be incorrect, and sounds like what a child would say...Now, if you switch the terms, the correct form would then be "inglés Y español". Oh, just in case, Spanish is my mother tongue

[Wiley1]

I chatted with him a lot when I was in Europe in May. He's a nice guy. I don't know why you'd want to make fun of his grammar.

[Wiley1]

It's a rule. When after an "y" with the meaning of "and" comes a "i.." or "hi.." you must change "y" into "e".

 

As long as you understand what he's saying you're fine.

Yes, communication is all that is required. Give him a break, guys.

[liubit]

Particularly since what he writes is absolutely right!!

[+ Italiano]

Funny when people who don't know grammar like to correct others......

[AdamSmith]

Could 'bilingual' be a euphemism here?

[Epigonos]

As a former high school Spanish teacher let me say that Ricky Ford's Spanish grammar is 100% correct. In Spanish the letters "y" and "i" have the same pronunciation and and cannot be placed next to each other thus y ingles is incorrect and e ingles IS CORRECT. Congratulations to Ricky for knowing his grammar which is something many native Spanish speakers don't.

[Steven_Draker]

Is this thread about Ricky Ford or about grammar?

 

http://images.rentboy.com/EZRENT5/5PFPG672DW2BB?pre=detail&wm=www.rentboy.com

 

http://www.rentboy.com/RickyFord

[+ Italiano]

Is this thread about Ricky Ford or about grammar?

 

http://images.rentboy.com/EZRENT5/5PFPG672DW2BB?pre=detail&wm=www.rentboy.com

 

http://www.rentboy.com/RickyFord

 

If the person mentions something about grammar which is wrong, it' about both

[LookingAround]

I chatted with him a lot when I was in Europe in May. He's a nice guy. I don't know why you'd want to make fun of his grammar.

What's funny is, he is probably making fun of OUR Spanish grammar!

[Steven_Draker]

What's funny is, he is probably making fun of OUR Spanish grammar!

 

Classy people don't "make fun" of someone else's grammar.

[LookingAround]

It was a joke Steven. Get a sense of humor.

 

If you're gonna work with people you need to be able to pick up on nuance even if English isn't your native language.

[Wiley1]

Can someone please lock this thread down? It's not only rude to make fun of someone's English or Spanish, it's becoming borderline offensive.