18th November 2022, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 685
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Hi Fernando,
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Originally Posted by fernando
Just a little note, if i may, Chris; in this context, the term 'Venta' refers to a 'Inn' (sort of boarding house). In fact, the legend poem says:
"Parece que antes había
En la venta del Candil
Un enano que tenía
Voz equivalente a mil".
As if the bragging dwarf freqüented a determined Inn, that of Candil.
I accidently see that the term appears often in Cervantes work where, for one, Dom Quixote envisions all Ventas as Castles.
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Thanks for the correction, but you already did so back in 2017 with post #24 of this thread.
Cheers
Chris
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