Going Native, Chapter 11 - Part I

I learnt the word for raccoon solely to throw it casually into the conversation

Previously: Going Native: Chapter 10: Part II - It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that duende

Speaking canine: Charles V and his dog, 1532, by Jakob Seisenegger:

An uncritical and amiable visitor

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

There are many different Spanishes. On the most b…