Sorcha, if you had an Argentinian present in that dinner, you would have had to call 911 for an ambulance for him after a laughter attack. Here in the South we don´t see papagayos (big and colorful parrots), so we refer them as LOROS, while papagayo is a word to name a special glass device similar to a horizontal bottle, used by people confined to bed, to urinate. This device is designed for men only, so you can imagine the lots of jokes invented around the poor thing, regarding the size of the neck, risk of getting caught by vacuum, etc.etc.
Sorry for drift change.
Difficulties in spelling is another symptom of a tendency I see as most dangerous: nobody cares about the education of poor classes of society, because thanks to technology, high classes need them less, and everyday a little less.
Un abrazo - Andrés