Spanish Language | Spanish Language
Jan.04.2013
"Yo soy americano," I said to Sonia Fava. I did not realize that my accent (North American English-speaking to the core) was terrible. The "R", for example, in "americano" had no trill of any kind and therefore marked me as an arriviste hick. This was my first class in the Spanish language with...
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Oct.29.2009
During a visit to Mesilla, New Mexico earlier this month, I stood in the old Plaza, a national landmark where Apache Raiders came and went, where the Gadsen Purchase took place and where calaveras dance into the night celebrating Dia De Los Muertos. We were but a blink away from Juarez, and the air...
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