{"id":675,"date":"2014-01-29T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/?p=675"},"modified":"2014-01-29T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T18:09:12","slug":"walkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/2014\/01\/29\/walkies\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkies…"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the cool people in this village have walkies.\u00a0 It\u2019s like an iPhone; a status symbol and seen as necessary to connect with friends three houses over.\u00a0 You pick your channel number, tell it to your friends, and then talk to them during the day.\u00a0 A typical conversation goes something like this:<\/p>\n

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This mom and daughter asked to re-take this picture when they realized the daughter's radio didn't show up very well<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Person 1: Hey, where are you?<\/p>\n

Person 2: Here, nothing more.<\/p>\n

P1: Where?<\/p>\n

P2: Close by.<\/p>\n

P1: On this side?<\/p>\n

P2: No, more over here a little bit.<\/p>\n

P1: Oh, I see.<\/p>\n

P2: OK.<\/p>\n

P1: Orale (I can\u2019t translate this Mexican phrase, but it\u2019s something like \u201cOK then\u201d)<\/p>\n

P2: Yep, that\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n

P1: What are you doing?<\/p>\n

P2: Oh, you know\u2026<\/p>\n

P1: Are you visiting?<\/p>\n

P2: Yes.<\/p>\n

P1: Orale.<\/p>\n

P2: Orale.<\/p>\n

P1:\u00a0 I called you earlier, but you didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n

P2: When?<\/p>\n

P1: Oh, you know\u2026<\/p>\n

P2: Was it in the morning?<\/p>\n

P1:\u00a0 A little later.<\/p>\n

P2:\u00a0 Noon?<\/p>\n

P1:\u00a0 Oh, about then.<\/p>\n

P2:\u00a0 You called me?<\/p>\n

P1:\u00a0 Yes.<\/p>\n

P2:\u00a0 Oh\u2026<\/p>\n

P1: Yep, that\u2019s how it was.<\/p>\n

P2: Orale.<\/p>\n

P1: Orale.<\/p>\n

P2:\u00a0 Surely my radio wasn\u2019t charged.<\/p>\n

P1: That happens.<\/p>\n

P2: Yep, that\u2019s how it was.<\/p>\n

P1: Orale.<\/p>\n

P2: Orale, then.<\/p>\n

P1: Well, surely we\u2019ll talk some more later.<\/p>\n

P2: Surely.<\/p>\n

P1: Like when?<\/p>\n

P2: Oh, you know\u2026around then.<\/p>\n

P1: Orale.<\/p>\n

P2: Orale.<\/p>\n

P1: Okay, then.<\/p>\n

P2: Okay.<\/p>\n

P1: Well\u2026<\/p>\n

P2: Yep, that\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n

P1: Well, orale, we\u2019ll talk later.<\/p>\n

P2: Orale, yes.<\/p>\n

P1: Surely we\u2019ll talk later.<\/p>\n

P2: Surely.<\/p>\n

P1: Orale.<\/p>\n

P2: Orale, then.<\/p>\n

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This young girl also wanted to make sure her radio could be seen in the picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In every culture there are tricks to communicating that have nothing to do with words known or vocabulary learned.\u00a0 Writing a letter in Spanish requires a certain knack for long intros and flowery phrases. Answering a phone at a place of business in the US requires certain accepted questions and answers.\u00a0 And radio conversations in this village apparently require lots of words to say very little.\u00a0 It is funny to me, but I\u2019m not making fun.\u00a0 In fact, as I listened to one of these conversations last night, I thought to myself: \u00a0I need to learn to talk on the radio.\u00a0 Wish me luck!<\/p>\n

Over and out.<\/p>\n

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