Somos Vecinos

 (In a Museo del Pernil* in Quito.  In Spanglish with a lot of GoogleTranslate.)


Me:  In South America you call it Castilian; in the North we call it Espanyol.

Server 1: It's all the same.

Me: Nope, take the word: Guagua (pronounced "waawaa!").  In some places it's a bus in others it's a baby.  They make the same sound. 

Server 2: Really???

Me:  Yes, my ex-wife used to go crazy when nobody in United States of (both - America and Mexico) would understand what she wanted when she asked for a Bombilla

Them: What?  Eventually when they point at a few lights, I figure it all out.  A light bulb (pointing)
 
Me: (Mime a drinking straw.)

Them:   Ahhhhhh.

Me: Like Piscina and Alberca (two words for 'swimming pool.') 

Server 2:  Looks up bombilla on the internet.  It's used in Peru,Bolivia, and some other places.   Ahh, I understand.

Server 1: (Walking away, addressing Server 2) Somos Vecinos.









* Exactly as much a museum as Madrid's Museo de Jamon...just roasted not cured.   They're chains of pork product stores.  Each are wonderful