You Know That You Are Dominican When You Say....

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miguel

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I was talking with my Mama Elena not long ago and she told me I should start a thread about how some dominicans would say or call an american of foreign product. I was thinking of my younger years and I came up with about 20. I will only write a few of them because I want everybody to have fun. Please, try and just write one or two so everybody can have a chance.

1-You know that you are dominican when you say: "dame un salandro", instead of "salt andrews".

2-......................"dame un vivaporu", instead of "vicks vaporub".

3-......................"dame un confle", instead of "corn flakes".
 

Talldrink

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Chicle - chicklet
duble buble - Dubble Bubble (gum)
cote - Kotex
Camelia - Maxi Pad
guachiman - Watchman
domplin - Dumplin
Jipeta - Jeep (SUV)
Selofen - Rinse from Sebastian called Chelophen (sp?) now every rinse from any maker is called that.

Be back with more...
 

miguel

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Talldrink said:
Chicle - chicklet
duble buble - Dubble Bubble (gum)
cote - Kotex
Camelia - Maxi Pad
guachiman - Watchman
domplin - Dumplin
Jipeta - Jeep (SUV)
Selofen - Rinse from Sebastian called Chelophen (sp?) now every rinse from any maker is called that.

Be back with more...
Thanks, Talldrink, but as I stated on the thread, lets let other people think so they can come up with some. I could have put 20, but instead put just a few to give people the opportunity to play. What fun would it be if only one person is playing (or writing a whole bunch of these sayings). Thanks anyways.
 

NALs

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Kachu - Ketchup
cloro - Clorox or any bleacher
panckei - panckakes
siro - sirup
chirio - Cheerios or any cereal
Suera - Sweater
Cou - Coat
pocon - popcorn
wiki - wiski
Tro - Truck (used mostly by dominicanyorks)
play - baseball field
beibol - beisball
mycroway - Microwave
Osesio - Obsesion (male cologne)
dona - doughnut
Madona - Mc. Donalds
Happy mio - Happy Meal
bi ma - Big Mac
nitendo - Nintendo, many times kids and some adults refer to any video game console as a nintendo even if it is an xbox or Playstation. However, some do try to say the names of the other one for example:

Kid: "Ma, yo quiero un nitendo."
Parent: "Ta bien mijo. Orita llamo a tu tio en nueba yoi pa que to lo traiga."
Parent call: "Hola, como etan pa ya."
the Tio: "Bien, con un frio grandisimo."
Parent: "Aqui ta siendo frio tambien, con suera eta to ey mundo."
the Tio: "Eso e un friito, aqui en nueba yoi e que ase frio de veida. Ay yelo afuera."
Parent: "ay ya yay, verda? Yo toy yamando pa sabei quien viene pronto."
the Tio: "fulano va ei vierne, poi que?"
Parent: "poique ei carajito quiere un nitendo."
the Tio: "A si, yo se lo mando. Cuai nitendo e que quiere?"
Parent: "Traile el ma barato, sea ebo (xbox) o playtashion (Playstation)"
etc. Sorry it's so long but, it makes my point.
 

miguel

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Nal0whs said:
Kachu - Ketchup
cloro - Clorox or any bleacher
panckei - panckakes
siro - sirup
chirio - Cheerios or any cereal
Suera - Sweater
Cou - Coat
pocon - popcorn
wiki - wiski
Tro - Truck (used mostly by dominicanyorks)
play - baseball field
beibol - beisball
mycroway - Microwave
Osesio - Obsesion (male cologne)
dona - doughnut
Madona - Mc. Donalds
Happy mio - Happy Meal
bi ma - Big Mac
nitendo - Nintendo, many times kids and some adults refer to any video game console as a nintendo even if it is an xbox or Playstation. However, some do try to say the names of the other one for example:

Kid: "Ma, yo quiero un nitendo."
Parent: "Ta bien mijo. Orita llamo a tu tio en nueba yoi pa que to lo traiga."
Parent call: "Hola, como etan pa ya."
the Tio: "Bien, con un frio grandisimo."
Parent: "Aqui ta siendo frio tambien, con suera eta to ey mundo."
the Tio: "Eso e un friito, aqui en nueba yoi e que ase frio de veida. Ay yelo afuera."
Parent: "ay ya yay, verda? Yo toy yamando pa sabei quien viene pronto."
the Tio: "fulano va ei vierne, poi que?"
Parent: "poique ei carajito quiere un nitendo."
the Tio: "A si, yo se lo mando. Cuai nitendo e que quiere?"
Parent: "Traile el ma barato, sea ebo (xbox) o playtashion (Playstation)"
etc. Sorry it's so long but, it makes my point.
I guess that you did not read the thread carefully. You made your point and it also makes my point that someone would want to make a point and spoil all the fun for everyone.
 
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suarezn

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miguel said:
I guess that you did not read the thread carefully. You made your point and it also makes my point that someone would want to make a point and spoil all the fun for everyone.

Not exactly sure what you want Miguel...OK we will say one dominicanism at a time...Here's mine:

Muchacho ei diablo tu si ere enredao...
 

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Here is a common one...

When we ask someone: "How are you?" the correct way to say it in spanish is Como tu estas? but us dominicans say:

- Como tu ta?

Johy ;)
 

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Miguel,"Chill Out"!

This is just the normal "ebb and flow" of any thread here on DR1.It is often a "Stream of Consciousnes" as one idea leads to another!
I could have just "Closed" the entire thread,and said,"Check The Archives",as these "Dominicanisms" have all been posted here 100 times over the last few years!In Fact,"Talldrink" has a very similar thread about 20 down this Forum! CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :cool:
 

miguel

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Criss Colon said:
This is just the normal "ebb and flow" of any thread here on DR1.It is often a "Stream of Consciousnes" as one idea leads to another!
I could have just "Closed" the entire thread,and said,"Check The Archives",as these "Dominicanisms" have all been posted here 100 times over the last few years!In Fact,"Talldrink" has a very similar thread about 20 down this Forum! CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC :cool:
Mr Colon, as stated in the thread, I was refering to words in english that we (dominicans) tend to pronounce the way that it sounds, as in "confle" instead of "corn flakes". The thread was different than the one Talldrink started because her thread was about dominicanisms, as in "pa' onde tu va". If this topic was covered before I came to this site, by all means, close it.
 

Hillbilly

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I've said this before

the most famous one is

sileb? (see le bEE) = Headlight lamp (Sealed Beam!)

And a common one in sports is:

Tyne, tyne = time, time! (as in time out)

HB, by the rules
 

carlos

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how about

ey beeding instead of saying building

the word in spanish is edificio
 
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