hola.

I only took 1 year of Spanish in high school. Which I totally got an A in by the way.

Do you know what you learn in your first year of Spanish?

I do.

Colors and School Supplies.

When I first moved to Utah when I was 19 I applied to work at a mexican restaurant. They asked me in my interview if I knew Spanish and I was totally honest and said "No....UNLESS someone wants to talk about school supplies...in which case, I'm their girl."

I was hired.

I would sometimes just say all the spanish words I knew and would pretend like I knew how to speak the language.

" Hola amigo, lapiz cuaderno boligrafo papel la mochila??"

If you have never taken Spanish or don't remember your first year of Spanish..let me translate.

I just said: "Hello friend, pencil notebook pen paper backpack"

They got the biggest kick out of me, the little white girl or should I say the little BLANCA girl...

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Today at work (I work at a scrapbook store) this hispanic woman came in.

I greeted her and asked her if I could help her with anything.

She just looked at me and said "espanol??"

I shook my head and apologized. Thats when the charades began. She dug into her purse and pulled out a pencil. She then pretended to be sharpening her pencil...

I gasped. "Oh! you want a SACAPUNTAS?!?!"

Her eyes got nearly as big as the grin on her face.

"SI!!!!!!"

We laughed.

Unfortunately we didn't have any pencil sharpeners for her to buy, but she didn't leave until I taught her how to say pencil sharpener.

Looks like my first year of Spanish paid off.

Adios, amigos.