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Last night we watched Argentina play Mexico in the Copa. My brother and sister-in-law were cheering for Argentina b/c they have lived/worked there, and my Mom was cheering for Mexico b/c Argentina beat Peru last week. I was also cheering for Mexico to maintain the equilibrium. My mom kept saying ‘miercoles’, ‘miercoles’ every time Argentina would do well, or Mexico would play badly. Miercoles means Wednesday in Spanish. I was really confused and finally asked her why she kept saying “wednesday, wednesday”. Well, the equivalent of the four letter word in english that starts with an ‘S’ and ends with a ‘hit’ starts with a ‘mier’ in Spanish and ends in ‘da’. So instead of saying *that* word, she just kept saying ‘miercoles’. So I started yelling out other days of the week when Argentina would score a goal. I thought this was hilarious, but elicited mere giggles from the crowd. Note to self: must work on Peruvian comedy routine.