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Offline Santa Dave

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Do we have any linguists in this forum?
« on: December 19, 2006, 01:32:20 PM »
Santa Dave was gifted with a stuffed little Santa Claus-- when you squeeze his right hand he sings "Jingle Bells" but when you squeeze his left heand he sings "Cascabel, casabel", I think maybe it's "cascavel" (Spanish for Jingle bell?) If not he's a true cannoneer, just like
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Re: Do we have any linguists in this forum?
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 01:45:05 PM »
Was this what you heard? campanas del cascabeleo That is spanish for jingle bells at least according to an on line translator.
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Re: Do we have any linguists in this forum?
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 02:12:46 PM »
From Wikipedia discussing the Mexican pepper of the same name:  Its name is a Spanish word for "small bell" or "rattle".

From a Geocities site:  "Cascabel" in Spanish means "jingle bells", and the chili pepper gets its name from the fact that when dried, shaking the pepper makes the seeds inside the pod to rattle.
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