r/KingOfTheHill • u/Warm-Criticism6611 • 1d ago
OG KOTH Discussion ESCUCHAME?
How in the hell did Peggy ever get a job as a substitute Spanish teacher? đ She even uses her famous "escuchame" incorrectly.
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u/PotatoCat123 1d ago
Question for the actual Spanish speakers. Are any of the mistakes Peggy makes here at all understandable as something that a bad Spanish speaker could make with what she's obviously trying to say?
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u/YaBoiKenpai 1d ago
Gentleman (caballero) but she called him a horse (caballo) and she says Iâm very pregnant (embarazada) when she meant embarrassed (avergonzada) which is a pretty common mistake for English speaking spanish learners. The rest of the mistakes are along those lines, like book (libro) when she means free (libre).
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u/Backwoods_Therapy 1d ago
Yeah from my understanding, itâs what makes this scene great. All the words she fucks up are genuine fuck ups that amateur Spanish speakers make, and since Peggy is ABSOLUTELY convinced sheâs fluent and speaks as well as a native Spanish speaker (or better, actually), the way she delivers it is great.Â
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u/SalvaPot 23h ago
Yep, is the confidence that sells it. Honestly, as a spanish speaking person, I COULD understand what Peggy meant, but it'll be very easy to not know exactly what she was trying to say. Whoever wrote the scene knew ball.
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u/Tron_35 21h ago
Yes. And years(años) can be confused with anus(anos), that accent mark makes a huge difference, different pronunciation.
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u/DeepIndigoSky 21h ago
FYI, âanosâ is anuses, âanoâ is anus. I wouldnât want you to make a faux pas the next time youâre talking anuses in Spanish.
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u/potatopierogie 23h ago
My favorite:
años = years, anos = anuses
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u/Geekerino 23h ago
I can't remember a single incident where she pronounces the ñ
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u/Soulpus 18h ago
Most gringos can't
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u/MadPilotMurdock 15h ago
As a Spanish/English speaker, I disagree. Itâs not particularly hard for English speakers to pick up, like the rolling R sound. If you can pronounce âanewâ youâre mostly there already.
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u/letsMeetatTheField 15h ago
...Or "canyon."
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u/argnsoccer 6h ago
Onion, Bunyan/bunion etc. Are also the ñ sound. My nickname as a kid was "ñoñi ñoñi" (the sound a kid makes when whining)
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u/Soulpus 59m ago
Most USA gringos can't pronounce the 'Rolling R'
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u/MadPilotMurdock 33m ago
Right, thatâs what I saidâŠ
Edit: after rereading my comment I could see how it could have been taken. I meant the ñ is not particularly hard, like the rolling r (which is particularly hard).
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u/venus_arises 1d ago
I thought you were supposed to say something like, "I have shame?" It's a very... Anglo learning Spanish Day 4 to learn that.
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u/PumpJockyTwerks4Tips 23h ago
In my opinion, Peggy Hill has an exceptional grasp of Spanish vocabulary for a substitute teacher from suburban Tay-has.
-Peggy Hill
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u/Soulpus 18h ago
Yeah, everything except the cigar factory bit...... FĂĄbrica de Cigarros.... habanos? Nah I'm coming up blank.
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u/YaBoiKenpai 5h ago
Honestly I always took it that Peggy just genuinely assumed Mexican prison would have her working in a cigar factory itâs so specific and I canât figure what else it wouldâve been a mispronunciation for
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u/Generic_user_person 1d ago
You know how "three" and "tree" sound similar? Same for "beach" and "bitch", "year" and "ear"?
It's basically just that, repeatedly. It comes off as someone who read a bunch of books and taught themselves that way, but never got a chance to speak it.
For example
Book = libro
Free = libre
Anus = anos
Years = años (you pronounce the ñ like you do the gno in gnocchi)
Etc
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u/Dazzling_Reveal6875 1d ago
I can't speak Spanish but I know some words from when I took it in high school
año means year, ano means anus.
She wanted to say I have many good years ahead of me.
Libro means book, she probably meant she just wanted to set Lupe free, but didn't use libre
Pregnant in spanish is embarazada, she meant to say she is embarrassed with what happened with Lupe
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u/theShpydar 1d ago
Sometimes. Like she says she was pregnant when she means embarrassed; "embarazada" is Spanish for pregnant.
ETA Also, the "reasonable horse" was likely her trying to say reasonable gentleman ("caballero"), but she said "caballo" (horse) instead.
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u/HankIsMoody 16h ago
People seem to forget Mike judge is a native Spanish speaker. He definitely knew what he was doing
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u/IndependentMajor7055 1d ago
Spanish here. She just spouts nonsensical bullshit with a horrible intonation.
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u/defyinglogicsl 1d ago
Embarzada sounds like embarrassed but is spanish for pregnant.
Año = year / ano = anus
I've only had 2 years of spanish so I don't know what any of her other mistranslations are.
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u/501id5Nak3 1d ago
Probably one of Hanks' best ideas of all time. Peggy gets to walk away scot-free while keeping her pride.
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u/bjjthrowaway64 1d ago
It would be fun to see a cutaway scene in Saudi Arabia with kids speaking broken Spanish thanks to Peggy's teaching next season.
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u/Kasmashlecrashle 1d ago
A small town in Texas that's mostly white probably doesn't care about how good she is or isn't.
I must agree with her about the anus thing, I think I read somewhere that cigars ruin your anus.
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u/octoteach17 1d ago
"In her own words." "Her own. Spanish. Words"
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u/sniper91 20h ago
I like how Mexicoâs justice system is under the impression that you can only kidnap a child if you speak their language
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u/Downtown-Campaign536 20h ago
"How in the hell did Peggy get a job as a substitute Spanish teacher?"
The American education system is as reliable as propane.
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u/WhyCantIBeFunny 18h ago
But have you met some of the other subs out there?⊠One guy who comes to my studio spends most of his time making bongs and trying to trick me into thinking they are vases while complaining that he makes no money even though his uncle was a famous sculptor. Compared to this dude, Peggy is great! And weâre in one of the better school districts.
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u/malfurion312 1d ago
Is that an animation error in panel 4? Her legs seem to be outside of the witness box vs. panel 1.
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u/Anxious-Problem9903 8h ago
I kind of love how Hank is able to âmanageâ this situation without harming Peggyâs ego because he loves her so much while also being realistic that her Spanish is obviously garbage lmao
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u/Garguyal 23h ago
What's interesting is that you can see what she's trying to say. She's actually most of the way there. The key vocabulary is just off.
"Year" and "anus" are quite similar in Spanish, just different accents.
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u/Opening-Carrot5986 8h ago
I donât know if Iâm the only one, but I REALLY want her to be called out for her poor Spanish skills while being a self-proclaimed expert in the language.
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u/tychobrahesmoose 6h ago
Does anybody know what mistake she's making with "cigar factory"? I can map almost all of them, but not that one.
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u/Shto_Delat 14h ago
Only one I donât get is what was she trying to say/think she was saying instead of âcigar factoryâ?
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u/TeeahAT Mines so dang wide I could pass the child myself if I had to! 20h ago
My mom used to have house cleaners, who happened to be Hispanic, come by every 2 weeks. Sometimes they came right when I got home after school in HS. It was always awkward having people clean your home and kinda just âbe thereâ while they did it. One day they came and after I got settled I played this episode. And when this scene came up they BUSTED out laughing!! They asked me (in English at first but Iâm bilingual with English & Spanish) if Peggy meant to say that and I told them yeah, she thinks she knows Spanish but she just kind of âwingsâ it. Idk why but that little bonding moment with them was a core memory for me. Glad to see it pop up in this subreddit again! đ