Tuesday, August 5, 2008

San Diego…a city discovered by the Germans

In case you didn’t know, San Diego is actually German for – well – check out the attached link for one of my favorite movie discussions of all times from Wikiquote (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anchorman):

Ron Burgundy: Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means "a whale's vagina".
Veronica Corningstone: ...No, there's no way that's correct.
Ron Burgundy: I'm sorry, I was trying to impress you. I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
Veronica Corningstone: Doesn't it mean "Saint Diego"?
Ron Burgundy: No. No.
Veronica Corningstone: No, that's - that's what it means. Really.
Ron Burgundy: Agree to disagree.

For those of you crazy kids who think San Diego is Spanish for “Saint Diego,” we’ll have to “agree to disagree.”

1 comment:

maryd12 said...

Kris,

Enjoy your new adventure! I got on at work.

Ali is coming Friday. Emily and Jason are going to be in Busch Gardens and VA Beach. Maybe we will catch up with them.

Love you, MOM