My landlords (and all other Spaniards) can't pronounce my name and there is no translation in Spanish. Every time I see them, they ask again how you say my name and their best effort is something like "ohshlayee" and then I have to spell it for them. So, the other morning, they said they wanted to give me a nickname (un apodo) and of all the names, they said "Isi"!!
Background for those not in my high school Spanish classes: all of my sisters and I used the name Isabel in our Spanish classes, so by the time I came through, I was known as Isi III and then certain friends called me Isi K (hence the blog title).
Anyways, this whole situation occurred while I was in my pajamas (the landlords here don't have the 24-hour advanced notice rule) and my landlord was cleaning the light fixture and my landlady was telling me places to buy cheap mirrors and notebooks. Once again, the randomness of study abroad :)
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That's too funny...my name according to my host family was "Coitleen." How was Alcala? Did you see the statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza? Which university are you attending in Madrid? Everything looks amazing-have fun!
hahahaha, they called me TeJota en espana.
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