One of the disadvantages of living on the seventh floor in a building whose elevator dates from the sixties or seventies is that you will occasionally have to walk up the stairs because the elevator is either broken, or some %^%^$ has not ensured that the door is closed properly. It's usually our door that sticks, but the fourth floor one is a bit dodgy too. Murphy's Law being what it is, the lift is only ever out of action when you have returned home after
a) you have consumed copious amounts of alcohol, or
b) you have bought and are carrying the entire contents of the local shops.
Today it was 'b', and I have to go out again later to buy more stuff.
And now it's raining. Moan, bitch, mutter, grumble.
Still lovin' it though.
UPDATE: El ascensor es functionar! Which reminds me: in my Spanish class a few weeks ago, our regular teacher was off sick and the stand-in taught us the names of rooms in houses/flats. (I still do not believe that the Spanish call the space between your front door and the rest of the house/flat, 'el hall'. I just don't). He had a different style from our usual teacher: she likes to torture us with grammar, whereas his preferred method is pronunciation. The Spanish word for a lift is 'ascensor'. Say it.
Assensor.
No. Say 'orrrrrrrrrr.'
Orrrrrrr.
Vale**. Say 'then'.
Then.
No, not 'then' like English then. 'Then' with more push on the 'th'.
Then.
Vale. Say 'thensorrrrrrrrrrr.'
Thensorrrrrrrrrrr.
Muy bien. Say 'ass'.
Ass.
Vale. 'Assthensorrrrrrrrr.'
Athsensor, Arsensorr, Ascensor, etc.
*I don't know if that's right - if anyone who really speaks Spanish would care to correct me - I mean steps or stairs en una escalera.
**Vale, pronounced bahlay. Means OK.
Wassat?
2 days ago
