For the lovely Miranda /mi.rán.da/
PUERTO RICO
Originally called Borikén or Borinquén (Tierra del Gran Señor) by the indigenous taíno people, the island was visited by Christopher Columbus on his second trip. He named the island San Juan Bautista and the city Puerto Rico because of the large amount of gold offered to him when he arrived, but the names switched in 1521. (Then the ( Read more... )
Originally called Borikén or Borinquén (Tierra del Gran Señor) by the indigenous taíno people, the island was visited by Christopher Columbus on his second trip. He named the island San Juan Bautista and the city Puerto Rico because of the large amount of gold offered to him when he arrived, but the names switched in 1521. (Then the ( Read more... )
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Yes! That's a classic example.
Yeah, damn, I knew I was getting something wrong. I wrote that Nuyorican/Boricua thing from my failing memory instead of looking at my notes. Silly me.
1) YAY! Omg. I love the Spanish pronunciation. It's too bad you can't really show the difference in pronunciation in print or I'd start calling you that right away.
2) Hey, awesome. You can make fun of him and call him "ham" or something if he annoys you. :P
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