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[Khalifa Jayy]

So, I'm at my little bro in laws birthday party, and like at every other Mexican birthday party I've been to, they do this customary shout (bite it! Bite it!) after they've sung happy birthday to you and you've blown out the candles. Once you go to bite the cake, naturally, someone will run up from behind you and shove your face in the cake. Don't ask me why. It's just a thing. Usually ruins a perfectly good corner of cake, but I digress...

What birthday customs, traditions, or otherwise weird quirks do you partake in? State your nationality of you think its pertinent or helps explain.

 

[Salsa]

I think that'd be "que la muerda"

well goes both ways really, specially in mexico. we don't say "le" a bunch here

 

[Banjotanooki]

Nosotros celebramos la igual costumbre! FELIZ CUMPLEANOS A TI!

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

I think that'd be "que la muerda"

well goes both ways really, specially in mexico. we don't say "le" a bunch here

Le. It's el pastel. Not la pastel my man.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

My family does "Que la mierda". It's a big messier.

 

[sn00zer]

In america we go to mexican restaurants and then they put a large sombrero on you and then have their non-mexican staff sing to you in broken Spanish....it is a weird tradition americans love

 

[Fireblend]

I think that'd be "que la muerda"

well goes both ways really, specially in mexico. we don't say "le" a bunch here

It should be "Que lo muerda", since they're talking about the cake, and cake uses male pronoun in spanish ("el queque").

Le. It's el pastel. Not la pastel my man.

"Le" is not a word in spanish. You're thinking of "Lo".

 

[TheJLC]

When they tell me that, I grab a fork and take a bite out of the cake that way.

When I was small, I remember someone slamming my face so hard it ruined the entire cake. It was a large cake too. Ruined my party for me. I was probably 5 and I just went to bed crying out of anger. It was not about the cake alone but that everyone was selfish and only my mom and dad actually cared for me at my own B-day party.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Been forever since I have seen that happen. When I was a kid though, all the time. Face full of cake!

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

It should be "Que lo muerda", since they're talking about the cake, and cake uses male pronoun in spanish ("el queque").

"Le" is not a word in spanish. You're thinking of "Lo".

It's a formal way of saying lo/te.

Te traemos una pizza, compa.
Le traemos una pizza, señor.
Les traemos una pizza, señoritas.

At least that's how I've known it all my life...

 

[Salsa]

Le. It's el pastel. Not la pastel my man.

im thinking of la torta

 

[AlexBasch]

Mordida, mor-di-da!

Then you shove that motherfucker's face into the cake.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

My family does "Que la mierda". It's a big messier.

Lmao. Sounds like a good time though.

In america we go to mexican restaurants and then they put a large sombrero on you and then have their non-mexican staff sing to you in broken Spanish....it is a weird tradition americans love

Haha. I've seen this happen far too often. White people (read: women) love their margaritas.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Oh Shit they started playing Micaela. I'll brb gafbros. Gotta get my dance on.

 

[yencid]

lapi verde tuju

 

[CMojicaAce]

I remember on my 12th (I believe?) birthday party everyone was yelling "Que le muerda!" Based on past experiences, I knew what was going to happen once I went for the bite. So I pretended like I was going to bite it and as soon as I saw my mother lift her hand up from the corner of my eye I moved away. In conclusion, we had to get another cake.

 

[alfredofroylan]

I hate that. Most parties these days have cupcakes instead of the traditional cake, that's a way to avoid that stupid custom.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

lapi verde tuju

That looks eerily similar to

Apios verdes a ti.

 

[Verano]

I think that'd be "que la muerda"

well goes both ways really, specially in mexico. we don't say "le" a bunch here

you do say "cho" a lot tho...or is it che?

 

[Reversed]

Tequila headshakes are more hardcore than that. I know a couple restaurant bars that do that when you tell them it's your birthday.

 

[AlexMogil]

What is Spanish for grammar Nazi?

 

[Toothpick]

i've seen entire cakes destroyed with this tradition lmao.

Pinatas tho.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

im thinking of la torta

Tortas are sandwiches in Mexico.

 

[JDSN]

Here they play Las mañanitas very early in the morning, which is really jarring when you think about because 1. We are not mexicans. 2. They play that song regardless of gender even tho it sons like its aimed at a female love interest. Weird enough, the couple of times ive been abroad during my birthday ive missed it even tho I hated that tradition.

Oh Shit they started playing Micaela. I'll brb gafbros. Gotta get my dance on.

We are bros now.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Tortas are sandwiches in mexico.

With a different kind of bread, tortas are strickly made with bolillo o telera

Sandwiches are made with pan de caja o pan bimbo.

 

[Herr K]

Le. It's el pastel. Not la pastel my man.

It should be "lo", since "le" sounds simply odd. You could also use "la" if, for some reason, you say "torta" instead of "pastel"

 

[alfredofroylan]

It should be "lo", since "le" sounds simply odd. You could also use "la" if, for some reason, you say "torta" instead of "pastel"

In Spain torta = pastel

 

[Herr K]

In Spain torta = pastel

Yep. But Spaniards are cray cray.

 

[Tornado Condor]

Me la muerdes?

 

[Avixph]

In Spain torta = pastel

In every Spanish speaking country but Mexico torta means cake.

 

[Herr K]

In every Spanish speaking country but Mexico torta means cake.

Torta can also mean other things, y'know.

 

[yencid]

stealth culture thread

 

[Avixph]

Torta can also mean other things, y'know.

Like what?

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

¡Que la mames?

 

[God Dayumm]

I think that'd be "que la muerda"

well goes both ways really, specially in mexico. we don't say "le" a bunch here

Us mexicans invented memes.

Le m'senorita

 

[yencid]

Like what?

vagina

 

[zert]

It's "mordida! mordida!" and then someone just falcon punches the kid's head into the cake and everybody laughs but the child is forever afraid of birthday cakes.

source: I'm mexican.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

In every Spanish speaking country but Mexico torta means cake.

hear hear

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

What's wrong with everyone's keyboards?

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¿Que?

 

[Herr K]

It's "mordida! mordida!" and then someone just falcon punches the kid's head into the cake and everybody laughs but the child is forever afraid of birthday cakes.

source: I'm mexican.

"¡Que lo muerda!" is also accepted.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

It's "mordida! mordida!" and then someone just falcon punches the kid's head into the cake and everybody laughs but the child is forever afraid of birthday cakes.

source: I'm mexican.

Really though, I spent ages 5-16 fearing cake time on my birthday because of this exact thing. It happened every year, WITHOUT FAIL.

 

[Avixph]

vagina

In which country?

 

[Rayis]

My uncles and cousins were vicious with that custom, so much so that I had to tell people to stand several feet behind so as to not get my face full of cake, but the fuckers still managed to shove my face in my birthday cake, the assholes! I think it's a fun custom lol

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

What's wrong with everyone's keyboards?

¿
¡


¿Que?

¿Qué?

 

[Herr K]

In which country?

http://www.asihablamos.com/significado/palabra/torta

And yes, it also means vagina in several countries.

 

[v1lla21]

But was it pastel de tres leches? Mientras no le muerdan a la gelatina a mi me vale madre. Oh they got to have flan too, I love that shit.

 

[zert]

Really though, I spent ages 5-16 fearing cake time on my birthday because of this exact thing. It happened every year, WITHOUT FAIL.

The fucking cake on the nostrils blocking precious air!

 

[MasterOfPastures]

http://www.asihablamos.com/significado/palabra/torta

And yes, it also means vagina in several countries.

Huh. I always wondered why "tortillera" meant lesbians. But we never used torta in argentina for vagina. That's concha.

 

[Adnor]

This thread reminded me of this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjDe4sLER0

 

[Herr K]

This thread reminded me of this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjDe4sLER0

Oh, yes, Spanish is a bitch to learn because all of the language variations in Latin America