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Spanish women call each other “hombre” in conversation …

Comment posted on Balls to the wall! by lostforwords

Spanish women call each other “hombre” in conversation in every conversation; English men derogatorily call each other “c*nts.”

In the US, I don’t think expressions like “to have balls” or “to be ballsy” are specific to men. “To have balls” means to be daring, or audacious, which women can certainly be too.

So, for example it makes perfect sense to say that you, Marina, must “have balls” to do what you are doing: putting yourself in front of the whole world to be criticized or applauded. It’s a great quality in a woman–having balls, metaphorically speaking of course!

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• This is a funny one too! I laughed a lot at this one. More and more humor, please Marina.

  Okay, here is a question: why do the British spell neighbor, color, and humor: neighbour, colour, and humour?

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