# Speaking of Spain (a culture question).

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-spain-a-culture-question/469591>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 26, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-spain-a-culture-question/469591 "2008-10-26T01:50:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-spain-a-culture-question/469591/21 "2008-10-26T22:40:20Z")

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In my 2 years, I saw no tacos, burritos, corn chips, or Mexican food of any kind. The only Latin American food I recall was Argentinian beef. Tortilla in Spain means omelet, leading to some confusion in discussing tacos, burritos, tortilla chips, etc.

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**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-spain-a-culture-question/469591/22 "2008-10-26T23:12:35Z")

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Where I was, the word “taco” meant a swear word. Every time I would mention that one of my favorite foods was tacos, my friends would giggle insanely and I would roll my eyes (they knew at that point it was a food from Mexico).

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