Why 'Mount Oregano'?

[mount_oregano]

Spanish is full of refrains. In Don Quixote de La Mancha, Sancho Panza often quotes them to show his wisdom, though he tends to get them wrong.

Cervante's novel includes a passing reference to a popular refrain: "No todo el monte es orégano." The mountain isn't all oregano. It means that any undertaking won't be all easy and agreeable; oregano is a soft, fragrant herb. Life isn't always a bed of roses, as we say in English.

That's why I'm Mount Orégano in LiveJournal. This mountain is oregano. Mostly.

What's behind your username?

— Sue Burke

Comments

It was a question of names

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

kiwibird was taken. Drat the woman, she seems never to have used her journal, and so my real life nickname was unusable.

Re: It was a question of names

[mount-oregano.livejournal.com]

Oh, the kiwi bird! Now I get it.