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Latino Nerds Are Like Other Nerds — But Different
By Eres Nerd Latinos are part of United States of America. This standard is not based upon documented status or the ability to speak inglés. It not based upon the ability to bleach one’s hair a...
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It’s Not Fair To Shame People For Not Speaking Spanish
There is a particular shame associated with being a Latino in the United States: you may not speak Spanish, and if you do, you will never speak it well enough. I know I grew up with this sometimes...
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Hablo Y Hablas: Rete
You might be asking yourself, “What’s ‘rete’ mean?” The answer is, nothing necessarily in and of itself, but in conjunction with another word, it can lend itself to mean “very” or “really” by way of...
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Friday July 20, 1012 In Arizona, “America’s toughest” sheriff on trial over discrimination claims (Reuters): Arizona’s controversial Joe Arpaio, who calls himself America’s toughest sheriff, went on...
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Why Anglicisms Are Really Not So Incorrect
By Tom Stephens, LIN@R Just this past week, I happened to be chatting with an old friend, of Colombian birth, about life, her daughters, her husband, and of course, up pops the perennial issue: does...
View ArticleIs ‘Spanglish’ Proof that English has Diluted Spanish?
By Nicole Akoukou Thompson, Latin Post “Spanglish” has been called English’s assault on the Spanish language; an implementation of English in routine speech or writing of Spanish-speakers that leads to...
View ArticleDon’t ‘Es-stress’ Over Spanglish, Say Some Scholars
*“In un placete de la Mancha of which nombre no quiero remembrearme.” A Spanglish translation of Don Quixote is due to be published in 2015. I can’t wait. Meanwhile, a group of scholars and other...
View ArticleA majority of English-speaking Hispanics in the U.S. are bilingual
*Seventy percent of Latinos ages 16 to 25 use Spanglish. I think this is the most salient statistic in this report. It points to a linguistic future that mirrors our hybridized ethnicity. Latinos are a...
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How Immigration Will Affect American English in the Coming Decades
*If you look with specific intent you’ll find many stories like this one, that tell of the way Latinos are transforming the U.S., as we ourselves are being transformed. I like this story because it’s...
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Hispanic Millennials Saying ‘Adios’ to Spanglish
*An interesting premise. But I’m not sure that millennials opting for proper Spanish and proper English is “turning their back on Spanglish.” Thoughts? VL By Louis Navear, New America Media Hispanic...
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