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Why Spanglish Was a Bad Word for Most of My Life

Why Spanglish Was a Bad Word for Most of My Life | mexicanismos | Scoop.it

Spanglish! It’s a love-hate relationship I’ve had with the language. Growing up it was Spanish at home, English at school. In truth, I don’t even remember talking in Spanish with my siblings… and even now it still feels a little awkward to do so – like it is unnatural between us or something. That’s probably because as soon as we all started speaking English we just began communicating with each other almost exclusively in that language... 

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People En Español’s Most Popular… err, Beautiful Gente

People En Español’s Most Popular… err, Beautiful Gente | mexicanismos | Scoop.it
More of a popularity list really, People en Español’s 50 Most Beautiful people… well celebrities, edition is at your local grocery stores and retail shops now. As if you hadn’t already noticed, with all the promotion People does every year to get as much attention as possible during this time. They even have an entire TV show dedicated to announcing the bellos on Univision now.

This year, though, for some reason, the list of famosos being recognized, to me, is missing a little oomph. A little star power. A little pizazz. The themes are interesting, sure. Vintage looks on the usual suspects we’ve seen get the most exposure on various media over the last 12 months, but not much else. Pero bueno, you judge for yourselves.
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