At dinner tonight, we were all talking about the upcoming preschool year... the new teachers they'll have, the new friends they'll make, and that they will have Spanish class with Ms. Lizzy. Addison asked me what red was in Spanish, and I replied with rojo. I asked them what blue was in Spanish, and they both answered with azul (thank you, Dora). After a bit more discussion, Addison asked me what the Spanish word for 'sideways' was. Uhhh... I had no idea.
Sideways? Yes. Sideways. Jeff and I both shrugged our shoulders. Addison then let us know that he knew the word. He said something like "horesh-unkle". What? He was kind of mumbling and we tried to get him to repeat it. "horresh-unckle". We were puzzled. At this point, we were just trying to get him to say it clearly enough for us to look online and see if he was close. We had no clue. As they got up from the table, Jeff and I stayed and repeated the word that Addison was saying. "Horeshunkle?" Slower... horesoncle.... horisoncle.... horizontal! Well, it's not Spanish, but it does mean sideways.
(by the way, according to www.spanishdict.com, the Spanish word is indirecto)
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