A note on the name...

A quick note on the name of this blog - Stupendously Soria.

Several months ago, I walked into my local bar (Bar Queru), to find my friends who work behind the bar asking me in English, 'How are you?', to which I of course replied 'Very well thank you'. I was then promptly informed that I should not be replying in such a boring manner and should have responded 'Stupendously'. After that, it kind of stuck, so when asked 'How are you?' by one of the bar staff in Queru, the correct response is generally 'Stupendously'. This is irrelevant of how little sense it makes in English. I therefore didn't find myself having to do much thinking to come up with an appropriate name, because Soria simply is Stupendous (more about the town later).

*** Language corner:
1 - Q: How are you? A: Stupendous
2 - Q: How are you doing? A: Stupendously
Without getting into too complicated an explanation, both of these questions and answers are more or less correct. The first question calls for an adjective to describe how you are, therefore, 'I'm stupendous'. The second question calls for an adverb to qualify the verb 'doing' and describe your state at that particular time, therefore, 'I'm doing stupendously'.
What you grammatically cannot do is respond to the question 'How are you?' with 'Stupendously' because there is no verb in the question, so you can't use an adverb to respond to it. (Unless you're in Bar Queru, of course!)

No necesito explicar tanto porque la mayoría de vosotros ya saben la historia de 'Stupendously' en el Queru, y como es cosa de ingles es dificil explicar bien en espanol. Pero, en resumen, hace unos meses en el Queru me preguntaron en ingles 'Que tal - how are you' y conteste 'Muy bien gracias - very well thank you'. Luego me explicaron que deberia haber contestado 'estupendamente - Stupendously'. Aunque no tenga mucho sentido en ingles contestar asi, porque no se puede contestar a la pregunta 'how are you' con un adverbio, asi es. Entonces, si alguien de la gente Queru os pregunta 'How are you?', ya sabeis como contestar.

Bueno, es por eso que he llamado este blog 'Stupendously Soria' - literalmente 'Estupendamente Soria'... los que conocen Soria ya saben porque era facil elegir este titulo. A los demas, os contare luego...!