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The phrase "throw a photo" coming from "tirar una foto" is kind of interesting. It seems plausible that since "tirar" can be translated as "shoot" as well as "t
by sinkasapa 3y ago
The phrase "throw a photo" coming from "tirar una foto" is kind of interesting. It seems plausible that since "tirar" can be translated as "shoot" as well as "throw" that the Spanish phrase may have had an origin as a calque of English "shoot a photo". Now in Miami it is coming full circle but using a translation of a different meaning for "tirar".
I wonder how the researchers determined that the 's' in "Thanks god" was from the 's' in "gracias" when we already had "Thanks" as a short form of "Thank you" in English. There is also the formula "Thanks be to god" that is common in religious writing.
- mjh2539 3y agoWhere I am from, it's common to hear someone say "take me a picture" or "take me a photo" because the Spanish is "tomame una foto" (as opposed to the more idiomatic "take a photo of me").
- denton-scratch 3y agoThat phrase "drew" my attention too. I don't speak Spanish; but in French, tirer is to pull as well as to shoot, as in pulling the trigger or drawing a bow. So I was surprised that Miamians choose to render it as "throw", the opposite of "pull". So I looked it up; "tirar" is also pull and shoot in Spanish. I wonder why it didn't turn out as "shoot a photo", which would be consistent with customary english English.