Correct socks
If you spell the English word "socks" out loud in, it sounds like eso sà que es in Spanish. This means "that's correct".
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Didn't post the whole joke? A Spanish-speaker with no knowledge of English goes into a clothing store. He looks like he needs help so a lady who's working goes up and asks if she can help him with anything. He says "No English" but the nice lady wants to help him anyways, so she leads him to the mens' clothing section. Holds up a shirt and asks if it's what he needs. "No, eso no. Necesito calcetines." he says trying to explain with gestures. She brings him to the trousers. "Is this what you need?" "No, eso no. Calcetines." he repeats again trying to gesture better so she will understand. Finally, the lady thinks she's got it. She leads him to the socks. "Socks? S - O - C - K - S? Is *this* what you need?" And the man happily replies, "¡Eso sà que es!"
Actually I've seen a different version of this in a book by Willard Espy, in the form of a poem:
The Spaniard called me yellow so I brought him some ice,
He muttered meant ta kill ya so I buttered him twice,
then he said eso sà que es, and quicker than a fox,
I figured out his spelling and I brought him some socks.
Sorry but the letter 'c' is pronounced 'the' or 'se' depending on the region so eso sé que es, I know that to be so, would be a more accurate version.
Lauren, only in Castillian Spanish. The rest of the Spanish speaking world don't see the need to do that!
Actually, the ending goes like this: She leads him to the socks, and he says, ¡Eso sà que es! And she says, well why didn't you spell it in the first place?
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