{"id":501,"date":"2009-11-22T18:01:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T18:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/?p=501"},"modified":"2009-11-20T11:16:22","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T11:16:22","slug":"just-be-careful-what-you-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/22\/just-be-careful-what-you-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Just be careful what you order&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gourmetgirlmagazine.com\/09\/04\/thismonthsfeature.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Churros-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Churros\" title=\"Churros\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-502\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Churros-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Churros.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of my favourite things to do in a new country is try out the new and exotic foods on offer, and it\u2019s also a great way into the local language. Here in Spain I\u2019ve been eating a lot of delicious <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tortilla_de_patatas\">tortilla<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/food\/recipes\/database\/paella_7100.shtml\">paella<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/spanishfood.about.com\/od\/dessertssweets\/r\/churros.htm\">churros<\/a><\/em>, for example.  <\/p>\n<p>Most of the Spanish I\u2019ve picked up has been from reading menus and ordering in restaurants. Hunger is a great motivator! <\/p>\n<p>A language school in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/life\/drink+fluent\/2200668\/story.html \">Montreal<\/a>, Canada is taking this one step further, holding classes in local restaurants so students can experience both culture and cuisine along with their chosen language. In such a relaxed setting, it\u2019s easy to pick up new words and you may feel more free to make mistakes. <\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t even need to be in a different country to try out this idea; just pick up your phone book and find some local ethnic restaurants. The staff may be a little surprised at first, but explain your enthusiasm for learning and they may become a great teacher!<\/p>\n<p>Just be careful what you order \u2013 I recently asked for <em>jibia<\/em> in a restaurant (the innocuous sounding <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuttlefish\">cuttlefish<\/a>), and got quite a shock when I saw the tentacles! <\/p>\n<p>(Side note: if you&#8217;re interested in Spanish dining and cuisine, click on the picture.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite things to do in a new country is try out the new and exotic foods on offer, and it\u2019s also a great way into the local language. Here in Spain I\u2019ve been eating a lot of delicious tortilla, paella and churros, for example. Most of the Spanish I\u2019ve picked up has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,40,327,44],"tags":[411,413,100,408,51,412,410,327,414,409],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hints-and-tips","category-language-acquisition","category-spanish","category-words","tag-churros","tag-cuisine","tag-culture","tag-food","tag-language","tag-language-school","tag-paella","tag-spanish","tag-spanish-food","tag-tortilla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}