I don’t know how many times we hear this story. After we bought our first home, we were so excited to be home, it was like a dream come true. Then, we took a road trip to get some fresh bananas to enjoy in the house. But, the banana was not in spanish. The bananas were in english.
The way many Americans think about this is something along the lines of “well, it was a mistake, but thanks anyway” or “I don’t like it, but I’m sorry, anyway.” But in America you can still have a banana in English. Or you can just buy a banana in Spanish.
I’ve said this before but it bears repeating: it was a mistake for us to buy bananas in spanish. Not only was our language barrier a problem, but we also didn’t have good local produce nearby. This was not a good idea, because we needed spanish bananas to enjoy our food in the house. We had some bananas growing near our house, but they weren’t ripe. They should have been ripe by now.
Well, the problem is that the Spanish word for banana is “polo,” which is a very common word for banana used in some places (in Mexico, for example). But English is the official language of the United States. So you can buy a banana in English but not in Spanish. Not only that, but if you buy bananas in spanish, you also have to buy them in spanish.
So we’re having bananas that are ripening and delicious in the house, but we can’t eat them because they’re only available in Spanish. But wait, how did that happen? It’s one of those weird coincidences. In the real world, you don’t buy bananas in spanish because there are no bananas, and there are no bananas in the real world either.
It’s a simple but incredibly effective marketing technique. So much so that the United States Federal Trade Commission actually created a website for banana sellers. You can see there is a page that lists all the sellers who have a banana on sale at a given price. The most important thing on this page is the price. This is where you get a sense of the kind of bananas that are available to you. It’s not that you can’t find all the bananas.
Banana shops are almost the opposite of most other online retailers. I know I don’t like bananas, but I can’t buy any in the real world either, so why would I buy bananas in a real world store? Because you can. You see, bananas are not just there for the smell. In general, bananas are one of the most delicious fruits. They’re also one of the most expensive so if you can’t afford to buy them, you’re not going to be buying them.
Banana shops are one of the most common stores that you see in malls. They are also one of the most popular places to buy bananas in the world. Theyll also always be the cheapest and most tasty bananas. Thats because, in the real world theyre not as common and theyre more expensive.
In the real world bananas are very common and cheap. In fact, theyll cost less than one penny per pound. So if you want banana, youll have to visit a Spanish banana shop.
Well, that s not that complicated. Youll need a visit to a Spanish banana shop, and then in the store youll get a price list of the items that youll need. Just like you are getting the price list of an American banana shop.