costaricafinca Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hubby and I were discussing 'Murphy's Law' and wondered what the equivalent is, here in CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom and Marcia Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 La ley de Murphy. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costaricafinca Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 That sounds to obvious ... I thought maybe La Lay de Fernandez or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanaJ Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Pura Vida? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicatt2 Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 That sounds to obvious ... I thought maybe La Lay de Fernandez or something. Spelt that way CRF it kinda sounds like it could be a Spanish Nobleman's mistress. (Is that where the term 'laying down the law' came from?)* BTW, I just did some research and in México and other parts of Latin America it is, in fact, "La Ley de Murphy' Cheers! Paul M. == [ *Sorry, couldn't help myself! ] == Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&VSmith Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Mierda pasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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costaricafinca Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 OK but what do you think a Tico would actually say, where we would ‘If anything can go wrong it will’? We will probably need to ask stewart.tb since she seems to ask her husband as she seems to like to know the meaning of certain Costa Rica sayings or someone else married to a Costa Rican. At this point, I think T&VSmith may have it right, although this says otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewart.tb Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 The esposo says la ley de Murphy. Paul, good one with the Spanish nobleman's mistress. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costaricafinca Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I hadn't noticed I made a typo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucybelle Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Esposo says they use it here just like we do in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criollo Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) I think DanaJ has it right. Pura Vida. Anyone ever seen the movie by the same name? no matter what happens, however bad, the lead just shrugs,smiles and says Pura Vida. Edited September 8, 2013 by Criollo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicatt2 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 I think DanaJ has it right. Pura Vida. . . . Sorry Criollo, but it's definitely NOT 'Pura Vida'. Originally I too, would have though it was something other than 'la ley de Murphy', but I found out otherwise. See posts #5, #9, and #11 above in this thread. The confirmations in those posts were all sourced from different ticos who were asked about this phrase. HTH Paull M. == Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom and Marcia Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 I don't think "spelt" is a word, Paul. m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewart.tb Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 In North America, it's spelled "spelled" (see what I did there? jeje), but if you're British, either "spelled" or "spelt" can be used. Kind of like dreamed or dreamt. There's another common one that's right on the tip of my brain, but eludes me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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