[Vision2020] mangling spanish

[Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor]

Esele, vatos (y vatas)
Pay attention to la profesora, or you'll hablande espanol like me. You'll
speak Spanglish, a confusing mix of two languages that leaves the
uninitiated totally confused.
You'll say phrases like, "Vamos a my house", "Ella(o) es muy fine", "No me
gusto light beer" and more, including the number one Spanglish phrase at
Nogales (AZ) High School in 1979:
"Que cute!!!!"
And I've got the yearbook to prove it.
Hasta la byebye,

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of keely emerinemix
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:23 PM
To: jampot at adelphia.net; chasuk at gmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] mangling spanish


Your Spanish-speaking sensible schoolmarm jumps in:

"Muchacho" is "boy," "male youth," or, with familiarity, "guy" or "dude."
"Muchacha" is "girl," "young woman," or, with familiarity, "gal" or (among
friends) "chick."   It can be used for homies, fellows, compadres, etc., and
so can other, more familiar words.  One of my friends calls me "chica," but
I would never call her mother that; many of my male Mexican friends greet
each other with "carnal," but I would sound absurd if I did.

Of course, the ability to sometimes sound absurd in two languages is
something I both treasure and treat warily . . .

keely




From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
To: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] mangling spanish
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:14:20 -0800

By the way, what's a muchacho?  Is it like an amigo?

Yes, No, kinda sorta. I an pretty sure it technically means boy or young
boy. I was misusing it to mean homies, fellows, compadres, pals, associates,
chums or friend.

So does this format make for the tidier, more succinct message that you
desire? Definitely more of a pain in the ass to create. Is there a
definitive way to reply to a forum post that's easy and still meets your
stringent guidelines for "netiquette?"

later, ese.
gc


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