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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Vanessa Esguerra

North Carolina woman speaks Spanish and English but can’t order meat at the carniceria. Then she buys her meat at Sprouts

Most bilingual people struggle to translate one thought from another, and this woman from North Carolina just proved that the struggle is real. Romina (@rominasvida) shared a story about a trip to the carnicería (butcher shop) one time. Despite being able to speak Spanish and English, she came out empty-handed—and bullied by her own mother over her Spanish-speaking abilities, too!

“I’m afraid to ask for meat at the carnicería,” Romina confessed on TikTok. Despite being Mexican, she’s not confident with her translation abilities at the carnicería. In a butcher’s shop, there’s a lot of vocabulary to be learned—there are meat types and parts that have dedicated terms.

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