so this girl walks into a pharmacy
Me: Hi. I need...something.
Clerk: Okay.
Me: This is sort of embarassing. I don't know what it's called.
Clerk: Um.
Me: Okay. It's like a little stick with cotton balls on the end.
Clerk: Tampax?
Me: No no no. It's little. You use it...well, actually, I don't know if Mexican people use it for what we use it for in my country. You know. To clean your ears, take off your makeup, etc.
Clerk: ...
(She moves down the counter, her hand suspended a few inches above the glass case, watching my reaction as she points out different pieces of merchandise).
Me: Yeah yeah yeah!
Cotonetes. (Koh-Toh-NEH-Tehs). Q-tips are called cotonetes in Spanish.
So now you know.
Clerk: Okay.
Me: This is sort of embarassing. I don't know what it's called.
Clerk: Um.
Me: Okay. It's like a little stick with cotton balls on the end.
Clerk: Tampax?
Me: No no no. It's little. You use it...well, actually, I don't know if Mexican people use it for what we use it for in my country. You know. To clean your ears, take off your makeup, etc.
Clerk: ...
(She moves down the counter, her hand suspended a few inches above the glass case, watching my reaction as she points out different pieces of merchandise).
Me: Yeah yeah yeah!
Cotonetes. (Koh-Toh-NEH-Tehs). Q-tips are called cotonetes in Spanish.
So now you know.