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Friday, May 22, 2026

Spanish words for the weekend

 

Countries where Spain is an official language.


Spanish - English

antes - before (like a.m. which is Latin for before mid-day)

un buen fin de semana - a good weekend

cable - cable

celular - cellphone

contactar - to contact

creativo - creative

en mi casa - in my home

fin de semana - weekend

salud - cheers

volver - to come back (like revolve)


English - Spanish

before - antes

cable - cable (pronounced car-blay)

cheers - salud

creative - creativo

to come back - volver

cellphone/mobile - celular

to contact - contactar

weekend - fin de semana  (finish of the week, similar to French semaine for week, but the French say bon weekend)/ a good weekend - un buen fin de semana (like the English words final and finish)


Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

in my home - en mi casa

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Simple Spanish technical words are similar and easier - a dozen useful words and phrases

 

Countries where Spain is an official language.


Spanish - English

(la) clinica - (the) clinic

en - on

formularios - forms

instaler -  to instal

internet - internet

juegos de video - video games

mi - my

programa - program (plural los programas)

tableta - tablet

pagina web (upward accent for emphasis on the first a) - web page. The adjective comes after the noun usually in Spanish.

video - video

videojuego - videogame


English - Spanish

clinic - clinica

forms - formularios

instal - instaler

internet - internet

my - mi

on - en

program / s - programa / los programas

tablet - tableta

video - video

videogame - videojuego

web page - pagina web

Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Zulu hat and click language

 

This delightful orange hat is Zulu.

The Zulu language is also known as the click language. It was spoken by Mandela.
I met this lady at the London Wine Fair
The show had a stand for South African wines.





Wednesday, May 20, 2026

How AI can help you and your business.

 Use a dictation machine to type because it is quicker than typing.

Compare this year's sales with last year.

Use AI to do basic tasks.

One of many sessions at the London Wine Fair, a trade show.






Prosecco from Veneto

 One hour north of Venice is the Prosecco region.



 in the north east of Italy is the region producing Prosecco. Not just in the place called Prosecco. Prosecco was originally both a place and a grape?




Rive means ridge in dialect.

Recycled leather from Ghana brand attto tetteh

 



He imports to the UK African artisan products. 




Agave and Tequila

 


 You can add water.   
Most is from Mexico.





But here is one from India.




But the new Indian Agave. Aged in whie oak 
Lots of stories,   8 to 14 years in the ground growing.
Double distilled. Aged.for flavour. 14% about.

Ending on a smokey mezcal.
45% a b v
I have
There are 50 species of agarve to make your mezcal.

Pale. But smells smokey because it is in the ground in wood.

Smoked Mescal in the middle.

I bought the book by the presenter, Millie Milliken. What an amazing name for an author, Instead only alliteration, but also assonance. Most memorable.
The book cost twenty pounds and I was able to pay using my credit card and her phone. Oh, the wonders of modern technology.