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Going 2 America
Sat, 10 May 2008 10:41:29 +0000
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David, el Cántabro, is back. Although he’s got a great job working for a Swedish multinational company that allows him to travel a lot for business, he had never set foot in North America…until now. In this podcast he talks about what he’s looking forward to seeing on our trip [...]
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VEE #024 - Going 2 America
Sat, 10 May 2008 05:09:14 +0000
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David, el Cántabro, is back. This time he’s going to talk about stereotypes that exist among the Spanish regarding mi “pueblo,” the United States, and explains what he’s looking forward to seeing during our vacation there.
Music featured in this podcast:
Big George Jackson
“If I Could Change” (mp3)
from “Big Shot”
(Black and [...]
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Extranjerismos
Thu, 08 May 2008 21:44:41 +0000
Formula 1 auto racing is not my cup of tea and I have zero interest in it, especially after the Lewis Hamilton incident, but there was something very amusing that popped up on my computer screen today.
La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA, for short) put out a report stating that extranjerismos, [words and [...]
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Q&A with SpanishDict
Fri, 02 May 2008 23:12:53 +0000
We are so fortunate to live in the times that we’re living in. At least when it comes to learning a foreign language.
Before the internet, specifically before Web 2.0, learning a foreign language was a tall order. You could study a foreign language in college, enroll in an extremely expensive Berlitz course or, if you [...]
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You might be addicted to Spanish if…
Fri, 02 May 2008 02:48:13 +0000
Peace Love Happiness Friends 63/365
Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography
Here’s a little (tongue-in-cheek) quiz to measure just how enganchado you are on the Spanish language. Apologies to comedian Jeff Foxworthy for riffing off his signature phrase.
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Spanish art in Boston
Thu, 01 May 2008 19:45:50 +0000
To all who are in the Northeastern U.S. or have summer vacation plans to visit Boston, there’s a massive art exhibit currently at the Museum of Fine Arts. First up is the exhibit “From El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Phillip III.” But the current MFA Boston exhibition that caught my attention [...]
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Why is Spanish taking so long to dominate the Web?
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:51:24 +0000
Spanish is one of the world’s most widely-spoken languages with roughly 400 million speakers, but the Spanish language’s cyber-presence continues to lag behind other Western languages. Both French (with 130 million native speakers) and German (with 100 million) have more web pages in their respective languages than Spanish.
Project Gutenberg, which offers free electronic books, reportedly [...]
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To IR is human
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:52:26 +0000
Ir is one of the first verbs a person learns when they start studying Spanish. One thing that may not be immediately clear to English speakers is the difference between IR and IRSE. Doesn’t it all just mean “go”? Yes, but with some differences.
Use ir when you simply mean “to go.” Voy al mercado. (I’m [...]
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VEE #023 - Acciones Plásticas
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:05:31 +0000
In this podcast I chat with Maya Escobar, a performance artist from the U.S. Her culturally-diverse family background (Dad is Guatemalan and Mom is Jewish) has inspired her to create a series of photos and satirical videos about stereotypes related to Latina and Jewish women. Maya says her work “Acciones Plásticas” is a “commentary [...]
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Meet Maya Escobar
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:43:05 +0000
Maya Escobar is a young American artist who has found a provocative way to examine stereotypes, particularly stereotypes related to Latina and Jewish women. Maya’s dad is Guatemalan and her mom is Jewish and Maya grew up in the Midwest of the United States. Combine all that together and you’ve got an artist with a [...]
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