BABEL

When our daughter lived for awhile in Argentina she had to re-learn or add to her knowledge of Spanish. Two years in high school and one in college were simply not enough to get by in new environs.

An adventurous gal, she has climbed the bridge at Sydney, Australia; parasailed at Catalina Island; zip lined in Costa Rica, Chile, and another place I don't recall; got stung by a stingray at Coronado Island; stepped on some coral in Greece; and went hang gliding in Argentina. Fortunately for her parentals, she doesn't usually tell us until after the fact.

While riding up to the mountain in Mendoza to hang glide, an Argentinian and a Spaniard were with her. They spotted a llama on the mountainside. All three in their own language announced, a Llama, a Yama, and a Jama. Then they shared a laugh.

That's all of the story, but whenever I see one, and I love to see one, I think of all three pronunciations.

Oh, yeah, the hang gliding turned out great even though there was a fire near them on the mountain where they took off.