I replied as follows:
I find it fascinating too. I find
Spanish to be less egocentric,
generally.
In English it’s either ‘MY head
hurts’ or I HAVE a headache. Self
centred or what?
‘Can I have ….’?
Also we don’t ‘own’ our body parts,
especially when they hurt us! In Spanish ¿Me pones…..? or ¿Me
das…..? which is can YOU give me
In Spanish it’s ‘Me duele la cabeza’,
which is really saying that the head
is causing me pain. Oooh I could go on……
And that set me musing….