The thing about learning a foreign language

Last night my boyfriend got some disturbing news.

He was busy grading his students' Spanish compositions, which keep him abnormally busy as they are usually riddled with grammatical errors, when one student's composition revealed a startling detail about her dog.

"Mi perro Jack tiene dos anos."
translation: My dog Jack has two anuses.

She was likely going for "My dog Jack is 2 years old" but leaving the ˜ off the ñ sure makes for a fun read. Luckily she followed it up with,

"Mi otro perro solo tiene un ano"
translation: My other dog only has one anus.


Español 101
ano = anus
año = year

Good to know.