Uh no, you won't hear this on the network news.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Well, it is better than being referred to being incompatico with me or Sirs.

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I observe that you have invented a Spanish word.
There is no such word as incompatico in Spanish.

The opposite of simp?tico (nice, pleasant, easy to get along with) is antip?tico (mean, nasty, resembling a junkyard dog or the mythical LeRoy Brown).

This is like the term 'n?mero uno' to mean 'the first, the best' Spanish correct;y uses the word ' el primero' for this.

'N?mero uno' seems to have come from the translation into Spanish by some Hispanic (possibly Puerto Rican) soldier of the Japanese term 'Dai ichi', which translates 'number one', or 'the first', 'the best'.

Then there are the terms 'exactamundo' and 'no problemo' , which writers stick in sitcom scripts, since they sound so utterly goofy in Spanish they always get a laugh out of the Los Angeles studio audiences.

Correct Spanish is 'exactamente' and 'no hay problema', which are not funny, b4ecause they don't sound like a gringo trying to speak espa?ol.

[The_Professor]

...<heavy sigh>....

So, XO, a friend of mine last week put his entire portfolio in TIAA-CREF (around $350K) in Growth stocks as he is convinced speculative stocks, contrary to the "crowd", will go bananas. Sounds bizarre to me. Your thoughts?

[Knutey]

Well, it is better than being referred to being incompatico with me or Sirs.

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I observe that you have invented a Spanish word.
There is no such word as incompatico in Spanish.
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The man clearly has no idea of what he is talking about . He must be a Professor of idiotology.

[The_Professor]

Information Technology -- we are used to creating new words.

[Plane]

Well, it is better than being referred to being incompatico with me or Sirs.

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I observe that you have invented a Spanish word.
There is no such word as incompatico in Spanish.

The opposite of simp?tico (nice, pleasant, easy to get along with) is antip?tico (mean, nasty, resembling a junkyard dog or the mythical LeRoy Brown).

This is like the term 'n?mero uno' to mean 'the first, the best' Spanish correct;y uses the word ' el primero' for this.

'N?mero uno' seems to have come from the translation into Spanish by some Hispanic (possibly Puerto Rican) soldier of the Japanese term 'Dai ichi', which translates 'number one', or 'the first', 'the best'.

Then there are the terms 'exactamundo' and 'no problemo' , which writers stick in sitcom scripts, since they sound so utterly goofy in Spanish they always get a laugh out of the Los Angeles studio audiences.

Correct Spanish is 'exactamente' and 'no hay problema', which are not funny, b4ecause they don't sound like a gringo trying to speak espa?ol.

I learned Simpatico a while back , it means pleasant company,and implys talkative , right?
So that there isn't an exact English translation in a single word.

When the French coin a new word ,  L'Acad'mie fran'aise gets involved , English new words are recognised in Oxford , Who recoginses or makes rulings on new words in Spanish?


http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FrenchAc.html

[Michael Tee]

<<Who recoginses or makes rulings on new words in Spanish?>>

Reasonable question - - I know there's a Brazilian-Portugese academic body that tries to standardize Portuguese language as spoken in Brazil, Portugal, Angola and a few other Portuguese language enclaves, but Spanish would be a much bigger problem since there are so many Spanish-speaking countries.

from the Wikipedia article on Spanish Language:

<<The Real Academia Espa?ola (Royal Spanish Academy), together with the 21 other national ones (see Association of Spanish Language Academies), exercises a standardizing influence through its publication of dictionaries and widely respected grammar and style guides. Due to this influence and for other sociohistorical reasons, a standardized form of the language (Standard Spanish) is widely acknowledged for use in literature, academic contexts and the media.>>

[Knutey]

Information Technology -- we are used to creating new words.

Just like Repubs make shit up as they go along, huh?

[The_Professor]

Are you really this petty?

[Christians4LessGvt]

[fatman]

Are you really this petty?

Oooh yeah, you'd better believe it Prof.

[Xavier_Onassis]

So, XO, a friend of mine last week put his entire portfolio in TIAA-CREF (around $350K) in Growth stocks as he is convinced speculative stocks, contrary to the "crowd", will go bananas. Sounds bizarre to me. Your thoughts?

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My thoughts are that is is indeed right. Growth stocks have the greatest potential to surge really high when the fickle finger of fate eventually gives them their turn. One does indeed make money by buying low and selling high, and at the absolute low of a class of stocks, no one wants them. Like Chrysler in the 80's, after the government bail-out.

Being 65, I am inclined to wait a while longer in the RE fund, because I see Growth stocks being flat or in a downward trend at least until the next administration takes over. I have in the past, earned around 29% in the Growth Fund. But every category is cyclical.

Right now, the cycle that show the best yields are Emerging Markets, Natural Resources, Latin America, and specialized Real Estate, like TIAA Real Estate. Some US largecaps are also on the rise.

[Knutey]

Are you really this petty?

And you this duplicitous?