Sunday, 31 July 2011

Panamanianisms...a glossary of sorts

1.  Panamanians don't go out in the rain!  (A full Sunday 7/31/11)
 2.  Car language, involving the horn, which we learned on the causeway: (A Full Sunday 7/31/11)
  1. beep, bip, bip, beep, bip -- this means: "hi, look at me, I'm over here, how are you?...maybe I'm       "hitting" on you...are you interested?
  2. Beeeeep -- MOVE, Your in my way!
  3. bip, bip --- Do you want a ride? ---usually a taxi
  4. bip, bip -- thank you
3.  Many traditional Panamanians do not go immediately from something cold to something hot (A full Sunday 7/31/11)
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  1. Whitney2 August 2011 at 19:20

    Love it! I'll look forward to seeing more and more of these appear :) Miss you tons!

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  2. Josh3 August 2011 at 00:20

    Car language! :)

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  3. David Wallace5 August 2011 at 09:07

    they don't get out in the rain? what do they do? it rains for whole seasons there?

    so fun to read all this! =)

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