Sunday, May 5, 2013

SINANGAN I MAN ÅMKO'


DESDE I TIEMPON MAGALLANES!

Magallanes is the Spanish / Chamorro version of a name we all know well, Magellan.

Ferdinand poked his nose around the Marianas in the year 1521.

That's a long time ago.

So it was an expression in years past to say, "Desde i tiempon Magallanes!" to mean it's been a long, long time since whatever.

Literally, it means "Since the time of Magellan!"

I heard this expression just the other day when I was thanking some people for taking me and a friend to a swimming spot.  They, in turn, actually thanked me for asking them to escort us to that spot, for it had been a long time since they had gone there.  The lady said, "Desde i tiempon Magallanes!"

The double L in Magallanes is pronounced like a Y in Spanish, and like a DZ in Chamorro.  Like Acfalle and Quintanilla.  MA - GA - DZA - NES.

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