WotD: hardware store

[muckefuck]

1. der Eisenwarenladen
2. de ijzenwinkel
3. la ferreteria
4. la ferretería
5. le magasin à ferraille, le magasin de quincaillerie
6. y siop nwyddau haearn/metel
7. an siopa crua-earraí
8. sklep z narzędziami
9. 철물점 (鐵物店)
10. 五金店 wǔjīndiàn

Notes: Been meaning for over a week to make it to Clark-Devon Hardware for some drain cleaner but circumstances have conspired against me. Finally I decided a weekday morning trip would be most foolproof. I was in and out in a jiffy--which frankly is a bug rather than a feature. Next time I'll try for a Saturday morning, when the...ahem...browsing is at its most rewarding.

Comments

I saw the Ferreteria in Barcelona

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

There is more than one hardware store in Barcelona.

You can find ferrets (hurones) for sale on Las Ramblas.

"Ferretería" comes from the Latin word for iron: ferrum. The "tería" means a place where that product is offered. Like cafetería.

Chuck

Re: I saw the Ferreteria in Barcelona

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

In Catalan, fura. So a place that sells ferrets could conceivably be a "fureteria". (Cf. La Fureterie, a French forum for the discussion and appreciation of ferrets.)

Re: I saw the Ferreteria in Barcelona

[ursine1.livejournal.com]

I doubt that you would find a shop that just sold ferrets. The biggest "pet shop" I know of is called "Mr. Guau Center" on C/ Aribau. (They do sell ferrets.) It is a small chain with stores in Barcelona Province. Unfortunately their website is only in castellano, despite the fact that the proprietor's first name is "Jaume".

Most who live here are bilingual. Even my partner, whose first language is Catalan, mixes the languages in conversations. So despite all the "language purity" you hear from politicians here, the reality is that most people on the street mix the two. If you go into a shop and say "bon dia" and the seller replies with "buenos días", you know to switch to castellano.

Chuck, records des de Barcelona