Spanglish TV hosts: Appealing and familiar, or, like, un poco annoying?
12 October 2009
Latino Hosts Habla En Spanglish Because They’re So Loco For You, Amigo!
By Alex Alvarez at 10:36 AM.
25 August 2009
China Seeks To Ban “Chinglish.” What Would Happen Si Esto Pasa With Spanglish?
By Alex Alvarez at 10:34 AM.
Shanghai is attempting to do away with “Chinglish,” or the often extremely literal mistranslation of Chinese words and phrases into English. What would transpire if someone wanted to do this with Spanglish?
24 June 2009
Emails From My Aunt: Cuban Phrase Of The Day
By Alex Alvarez at 10:41 AM.
Hi kids. It’s time for another installment of “Emails from my Aunt.” This time, my beloved tia in Miami decided to give me a lesson in vocabulary.
8 June 2009
Oye, Gente, Que Son Your Thoughts On Spanglish?
By Alex Alvarez at 2:30 PM.
We want to know what you all think when you hear Spanglish in movies, blogs, commercials and whatnot. Especially when the use of Spanglish coincides with the idea that young Latinos in the United States are all fans of so-called “urban culture.” Child, we grew up drinking refreshing carbonated beverages in the suburbs.
11 February 2009
“Don’t Throw Paper Inside The Pee Pee Recipient”
By Cindy Casares at 2:15 PM.
This sign was spotted at a bank in Brownsville, Texas where the Spanglish flows but the literacy not so much. It reads, “No Tires Papele Dentro del Recipiente de la Pi Pi.” Which roughly, (if you don’t account for actual words and/or spelling), means, “Don’t Throw Paper Inside the Pee Pee Recipient.” Well, it is [...]
