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From Lat. "Laetitia" to English "Queen Happiness"!
Автор темы: Susana E. Cano Méndez
Susana E. Cano Méndez
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Jul 4, 2014

Queen Letizia (from Lat. "laetitia": "happiness"), at a Red Cross meeting, has been called "Felicity" instead She has been so kind as to reply: "You can call me Queen Happiness". Wonderful translation story!

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Queen Letizia (from Lat. "laetitia": "happiness"), at a Red Cross meeting, has been called "Felicity" instead She has been so kind as to reply: "You can call me Queen Happiness". Wonderful translation story!

[link in Spanish]
http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/07/04/actualidad/1404478814_514726.html vía @el_pais ▲ Collapse
 
María González, M.A. English
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You can call me Happiness -- that's great! Oh, yeah! Jul 5, 2014

Just watched the video earlier today, and it was a nice surprise to hear Queen Letizia/Felicity/Happiness speak (basic) English quite fluently -- guess she had probably been rehearsing for days. Here it goes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3oI7upilg#action=share

Rumor had it that Queen Letizia's English used to be awful, to the point of not being able ... See more
Just watched the video earlier today, and it was a nice surprise to hear Queen Letizia/Felicity/Happiness speak (basic) English quite fluently -- guess she had probably been rehearsing for days. Here it goes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3oI7upilg#action=share

Rumor had it that Queen Letizia's English used to be awful, to the point of not being able to keep a short conversation with any of her husband's Greek relatives. Now I'm glad to see she's improving

Have a good rest of the weekend, -M ▲ Collapse
 
Andy Watkinson
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Strange Jul 5, 2014

María González wrote:

Just watched the video earlier today, and it was a nice surprise to hear Queen Letizia/Felicity/Happiness speak (basic) English quite fluently -- guess she had probably been rehearsing for days. Here it goes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3oI7upilg#action=share

Rumor had it that Queen Letizia's English used to be awful, to the point of not being able to keep a short conversation with any of her husband's Greek relatives. Now I'm glad to see she's improving

Have a good rest of the weekend, -M


How could she possibly rehearse someone else's mistake?

BTW. She worked for international news agencies for years (Bloomberg, CNN PLUS); English is the norm in such places as the day-to-day working language - plus a stint in Mexico and the US.
 


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