Hmmm. what would be a good new name for Jim's bar?
Ideas from the internet:If one man says to another, "Nos vemos en mi oficina" (Lets meet in my office), both know it doesn't imply a business meeting but the name of a bar on Revillagigedo street in México City. A similar message applies to "El Colegio" (The School), another tavern in the city.
Anecdotes about bar names abound. Thirty years ago in Tampico, in state of Tamauliapas, a bar opened opposite the cemetery. Its name was "Aquí se está mejor que enfrente" (Here it is better than across the street). Months later, someone put a sign on the cemetery gate that said: "We here were once over there."
Scattered around the bullring in Downtown Cancún there are several cantinas, each featuring traditional names like "La Guadalupana" -honoring México's patron saint-and "La Faena" (the bullfight), or creative names like "La Jalada" (to pull a fast one), "El Albur" (the pun) or "La Changada," which can be loosely translated as "monkey business," but is only one letter away (change the first A for an I) from a swearword in México.
Names might refer to anything; it is all a matter of catching the eye of passers-by and getting them to drop in. Perhaps no name came straighter to the point than "¡Detente, hermano!" Let's face it, who would bypass a bar called Stop, brother! Orders are orders.
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