Linguistic Follies, or Tina hears funny things

Mi Amor’s Mother: “Queres haaaayla. tina.”

Me: “?”

Mi Amor’s Mother: “Haaaayla. tina.”

Mi Amor: “Yellow.”

Me: “?”

Mi Amor: “Yellow, Tina. Yellow.”

Me: “?”

Mi Amor’s Mother: “Haaayla. tina.” (Leaves the room to get what it is that she is offering me since I obviously don’t understand.)

Mi Amor: “You know what it is. Yellow.”

Me: “Yellow?”

Mi Amor: “Yes, you have it in America. You guys spell it Y-E-L-L-O.”

Me: “Huh? Oh! You mean J-E-L-L-O! Jello!”

Mi Amor: “Oh yes. Jello. Well, here we call it Gelatina.”

Mi Amor’s mother returns with Jello. The red kind.

Now I know that Gelatina is pronounced “haaaayla-tina.”