Dolphin
I ask the grizzly old seadog by the dock: “Is this the ferry to see the dolphins?”
I point back at the kids and roll my eyes like I’m too cool for dolphins. I’m not. Dolphins fucking rock.
“Phftt,” he says, which I guess from his derisory tone is Spanish for: “They’re taking the piss.” Derision never gets lost in translation, it has linguistic GPS. “Dolpheen? No. Small boat, yes. Ferry mit dolphin? Forget about it.”
He adds “mit”, a random German word, but picks up extra points on the dismount with a near perfect Brooklyn accent.
Also, in a soap opera, “Soy responsable por la muerte de Santos.”