Language

It would be nifty to magically transport myself onto Christopher Columbus’ ship a la Sherman and Mr. Peabody, and I would have my hand at trying to convince him about the world’s sphericity whichever way I can, as I do not speak Spanish. Jeremy or Matt might not have as difficult a time as I would, so to make things easier on my behalf, I would use body language and spit out whatever words I know that would help in the matter.

“El Mundo es”, I would say, while holding an imaginary ball in my hands. “No es” flat, I’d continue, as the ball would turn into a two-dimensional intangible map. That is enough to convince a Spaniard, isn’t it?

Of course, though, he might just throw me overboard as women are concidered bad luck on ships, and he might have gone mad with scurvy. In that case, I would bring a bag of oranges, which might even help in describing the shape of our planet. What a delicious little assistant!

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