Last week, we learned quite a bit about all the different origins of the days of the week. Funny how sometimes your whole life you think one thing and then turn out to be just a little wrong! I for one, always equated days of the weeks to the planets, however, through research for the […]
The term Spanglish came into existence between 1965 and 1970 and refers to any expression in Spanish that borrows parts of English, especially as substitutions of Spanish words. The most common fields that use and abuse Spanglish are areas related to technology, since most of the products introduced into the market are in English. These […]
I was reading an article about Obama and the Spanish speakers in the States and I found that the journalist translated, the “YES WE CAN” campaign slogan as “si se puede” (if we can), instead of “Sí, se puede!” (Yes we can!). What a difference an accent mark can make! The funniest thing about this […]