Ben
Ben
@bengaynor.bsky.social
Spanish teacher. Amateur linguist. Canvas Certified Educator. 🧡grammar, en dashes, audiobooks, & 🥖 making. he, him /él, -o.

BA @ithacacollege.bsky.social
MEd JMU/ @usaloficial.bsky.social
One of the lines is „Hier an der Playa sind wir nie allein”. The German word for beach is der Strand. To say we are on a beach, you’d say „Wir sind am Strand”. But in the song, she says an der Playa, which means playa in German is feminine, just like in Spanish. Strand, on the other 🖐️, is masculine
September 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’ve always justified/explained it (even if made up in my head) that it’s V like the tip of a squeeze bottle of glue
April 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM