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Spanish mixes me up
While I was walking home today, I thought to myself,
“Me duele mis pies,”
because my feet hurt from wearing winter boots that were not tied tightly enough. Then I realized how bad my Spanish had become. I had meant to think to myself,
“Me duelen mis pies,”
because “feet” are plural, and in Spanish, a literal translation are “My feet hurt me” not the person-hiding “My feet hurt” as we say in English. It’s still plural in English, but it just comes so much more naturally than my Spanish…
Update:
A friend of a friend on livejournal points out that to be polite Spanish, I should have written:
“Me duelen los pies,”
I’ve been reminded of this 1000 times, but I always go for the cute, redundant los. If only he knew just *how* quirky my Spanish was 
Fall 2004 Edition of The Research Paper
The Fall 2004 Edition of the student paper I write for at Cornell is out!! Called The Research Paper, it highlights undergraduate research, and has a special spotlight section for a Faculty member. Although they spelled my name “Elliot Back,” I got mentioned for co-writing one article, being on photo staff and photoshopping some pictures, and taking 2/12 pictures. They have a messy website here: www.rso.cornell.edu/research/