Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Orale

Orale, is a pretty cool word. It a spanish word that means allright, or cool, but in general it gives a feeling of understanding. In many cases it's a way of identifying with the receiver of the "orale". It's pretty flexible though, sometimes, with the right tone it can even give a sense of sudden understanding or even slight friendly impatience.

It's pronounced with an inflection on the "o", and the "r" is pronounced like the "t" when someone is heckling a hitter with "hey batter, batter, batter...". The e is short, no "ey" at the end.

It's not pronounced like:
Oral-Ey

or

Or-a-Lay

Update on 1-20-09
also not Or-ah-lee

Got it? Orale.

2 comments:

  1. Let me know how it goes when you have a disagreement with someone at work and then you work it out and send a message that says "We're orale, right?"

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