Comments on: This Just In: Definitive Evidence on Where Pica Taco Got Its Name http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/13/this-just-in-definitive-evidence-on-where-pica-taco-got-its-name/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:13:45 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: J.D. Hammond http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/13/this-just-in-definitive-evidence-on-where-pica-taco-got-its-name/comment-page-1/#comment-39011 J.D. Hammond Mon, 24 May 2010 01:52:18 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13001#comment-39011 I always thought they were trying to do an end-run around some mini-taco craze I was unaware of. ("They're not just nano-tacos, they're <i>pica</i>-tacos!") I would think, "Boy, are they going to be in for some serious disappointment when Femtotaco opens up.") I always thought they were trying to do an end-run around some mini-taco craze I was unaware of. ("They're not just nano-tacos, they're pica-tacos!")

I would think, "Boy, are they going to be in for some serious disappointment when Femtotaco opens up.")

]]> By: Simon http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/13/this-just-in-definitive-evidence-on-where-pica-taco-got-its-name/comment-page-1/#comment-11127 Simon Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:57:53 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13001#comment-11127 Close but not 100%. "Picar" is a verb; pica is the third-person singular conjugation. Me pica! or, Pica! means, It's spicy to me. Picante is the adjective form, but Pica is not a "short form" of picante, it's a different part of speech entirely. I thought your theory about the dirt-eating was frigging hilarious, btw, even though there was no way it was correct. Close but not 100%. "Picar" is a verb; pica is the third-person singular conjugation. Me pica! or, Pica! means, It's spicy to me. Picante is the adjective form, but Pica is not a "short form" of picante, it's a different part of speech entirely.

I thought your theory about the dirt-eating was frigging hilarious, btw, even though there was no way it was correct.

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