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clementine
July 29th, 2012, 03:11 AM
A woman walks into a clothing store looking for a present for her father. She only speaks Spanish, but she tries to describe what she is looking for with motions and gestures. The store clerk is confused because he only speaks English. He brings out a pair of pants, a shirt, a tie, many different articles of clothing, not knowing exactly what the woman is looking for.

Finally, he brings out an article of clothing and she exclaims “ˇAh! ˇSí! ˇEso si que es!”

The man suddenly understands and says, “Oh, well why didn’t you say so?!”



What article of clothing was the woman looking for?

pebrock
July 29th, 2012, 03:12 AM
Underwear.

FrostByte
July 29th, 2012, 04:12 AM
Pants.
I think the exclamation is toward a masculine noun & the only noun which you specifically mentioned in the sentence which is masculine is pants.


Maybe.

Fatalis
July 29th, 2012, 04:16 AM
A present for his father..
Underwear?

Fatalis
July 29th, 2012, 04:16 AM
Am I allowed to google the french thing

Hey! look! my emblem revert back to 1.. oh joy..

creedkingsx
July 29th, 2012, 04:17 AM
Pants.
I think the exclamation is toward a masculine noun & the only noun which you specifically mentioned in the sentence which is masculine is pants.


Maybe.

The spanish is roughly translated to Now that's it.

creedkingsx
July 29th, 2012, 04:18 AM
Am I allowed to google the french thing

Hey! look! my emblem revert back to 1.. oh joy..

It is tier 2.
each tier has 4 emblems, I am tier 3, 2 emblems in. :D

Fatalis
July 29th, 2012, 04:19 AM
Apparently the french sentence meant= If ah! now that's

Fatalis
July 29th, 2012, 04:19 AM
It is tier 2.
each tier has 4 emblems, I am tier 3, 2 emblems in. :D

:o
The real question is, what tier is the mothership in


How come your translation is much better than mine
Google failed me

creedkingsx
July 29th, 2012, 04:23 AM
Apparently the french sentence meant= If ah! now that's

One, it is spanish. lol
2, I kind of translated and did some filling-in-the-gaps for google.

Fallacy
July 29th, 2012, 04:36 AM
Scarf.

Her acted description prevented her from speaking and the shirt, pants and tie have the same length.

clementine
July 29th, 2012, 02:20 PM
Nobody has guessed it correctly so far.

You guys are using google translate, but perhaps try reading again in English to solve the "bilingual" nature of this puzzle.

creedkingsx
July 29th, 2012, 02:23 PM
Socks!

clementine
July 29th, 2012, 02:29 PM
Yep! Creed got it!

"Eso si que es" roughly translates to "that is it." However the English-only speaking man heard her spell out "S O C K S," which is the item that the woman was looking for!

Ash
July 29th, 2012, 02:31 PM
Yep! Creed got it!

"Eso si que es" roughly translates to "that is it." However the English-only speaking man heard her spell out "S O C K S," which is the item that the woman was looking for!
LOL that's so stupid. i'd lol if that happens irl