More utterly inscrutable Oriental handwriting.*

And a reminder – needed? – why it’s not a good idea to drop peanut butter containers on the floor.

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*the actual name for Uruguay is La República Oriental del Uruguay – the republic east of the Uruguay [river] – and its inhabitants are sometimes referred to as orientales

Our little dog Bandido had a checkup following surgery, and my conversation with the vet went from Spanish to English, so after explaining the prescription, she said in English, “I wrote in it Spanish, but you’ll understand.”

Which would be true, but for one detail….

Go ahead – make it add up! (The sum is correct.)

Need a hint?

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Lines 5 & 6….

OK, here we go: try to make sense of this! Clue: it’s from a produce stand (and is in Spanish, of course).

Answers:

pepino – cucumbers

moron – should be morron: bell pepper

moron R – should be morron: red bell pepper

tomate

banana

naranja (!?!?!?): orange

lechuga: lettuce

Go ahead, try to make some sense of this!

I bought jamon Media Cura, cream cheese (yes, called that), Roquefort (Azul-blue cheese), muzzarella, and Colonia cheese.

I ordered a chivito for delivery from Restaurante Don Vito, and it came with the thermal-ink printout inside the box with the food. Since thermal ink is toxic, and Argentine thermal ink (presumably this) is 90 times more toxic than what is allowed in Europe, I reported this to the email address on their web site. Which bounced.

So I went by and explained both issues, received an apology, and was given the correct email address, which fortunately the lady read aloud to me. Because…

…seriously?

I mean really, SERIOUSLY?

I got back from the feria today, unpacked fruits, veggies, cheese, nuts, and other good stuff, and found these in the bottom of the bag.

The first digit of the three items on the left is a 1. The second digit of the first item is also a 1. A cursive 1, I guess.

The list on the right has a classic Uruguayan backwards 9 and Z-style 4, but other than that the numbers are pretty legible. The letters, however…see if you can figure them out and then scroll down for the answer.

 

 

 

 

 

• marron (green pepper)
• calabacín (squash)
• remolacha (beets)
• lechuga (lettuce)
• cherry (tomato; it doesn’t get cold enough in Uruguay to grow cherries AFAIK)

 

Easy, eh?

I found this at the bottom of my bag after going to the feria. Ah, Uruguayan handwriting.