The Mexicans talk in jokes. They'll say they speak Mexican, not Spanish. They think its very funny to mix up English and Spanish and create total masala Spanish. Try listening to Mexican radio (in the US) sometime.
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To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:14 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Are they synonymous?
Back to the Latino/Hispanic issue: I've never heard Latinos refer to themselves as "Hispanicos" in Spanish. They say Latino. They'll use the phrase in English for the benefit of Mr. Kite.When I was growing up down the valley, I picked prunes and walnuts, which needed in those days (and maybe still do) to be shaken from the trees by men using long, notched poles. They were inevitably from Mexico, and were called 'migrant workers,' which where we were didn't have Grapes of Wrath connotations. They all said that the language they spoke was Mexican.Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: 1/26/2007
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