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Going Native - Chapter 3: Part I

Going Native - Chapter 3: Part I

Spanish is a marvellous language for swearing: you can shit on the milk of the Virgin without causing too much offence.

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Previously: Chapter 2 - Thinking Spanish

The dry throaty rattle of pebbles

“There is little meaning in an isolated sensation although it may be very pleasant. Where the real pleasures lie are in the cross-references, the comparisons between similar and yet subtly different products of the same or neighbouring ground.”

Hugh Johnson, World Atlas of Wine.

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