Gazelam wrote:Doesent "Huevo" just mean egg? I think reading more into that name says something about the individual.
For shame Scratch.
Honestly, Gaz, how naïve are you? That is like saying that "pussy" just means "cat".
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Mister Scratch wrote:Gazelam wrote:Doesent "Huevo" just mean egg? I think reading more into that name says something about the individual.
For shame Scratch.
Honestly, Gaz, how naïve are you? That is like saying that "pussy" just means "cat".
No, Scratch isn't reading anything into it. I explained the specific usage of Runtu/Huevo in Bolivia. We missionaries thought it was funny, except for one guy who got the crap beaten out of him because he got angry at a bunch of communist demonstrators who were changing "huevo! huevo! huevo!" at him (that's another good story I'll have to share sometime). But for the most part, we missionaries appropriated the word and called each other things like "Elder Huevo" or "Estimado Runtu." It wasn't meant as derogatory or crude. Just a pleasant little memory from days gone by.
The trick was to never let it bother us. If people called us "runtu" to our faces, we'd simply reply, "Janiwu entendiki" (Quechea for "I don't understand you"). It usually worked.
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Mister Scratch wrote:Gazelam wrote:Doesent "Huevo" just mean egg? I think reading more into that name says something about the individual.
For shame Scratch.
Honestly, Gaz, how naïve are you? That is like saying that "pussy" just means "cat".
Um... in my world, pussy does mean cat. As in, pussycat.
It must be a hick thing.