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...globalization of English is less a manifestation of the squashing of foreign mores than a reflection of today’s reality: a mingling of cultures. The RAE worries about English’s infiltration into Spain, but English, too, is increasingly peppered with foreign—particularly, Spanish??words. (I used “Adios!” long before I enrolled in a Spanish class.) According to the 2000 census, over 46 million people living in U.S. speak a language other than English at home. Like foreigners, Americans feel threatened. American politicians have turned whether...
...least, a Spanish speaker. My preparation however, fell far short of my goal. To fool the locals here would require learning an entirely different language—Catalán.At first there was no problem: The hospital staff with whom I worked always spoke Castellan—Iberian Spanish??and the patients would in turn respond in Castellan. Everyone accommodated and willingly put aside their Catalán when I was within earshot. While my American accent did not convince anyone that I was a local and my occasional lapse of grammar or vocabulary made my origin even...
...deposed Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta ’95, or Oakland A’s assistant GM David Forst ’98, or Florida Marlins vice president and assistant GM Mike Hill ’93).But speaking as someone currently enrolled in his second semester of Intermediate Spanish??as well as the roommate of a person who was quite literally driven to tears while research-writing “Let’s Go: Peru” last summer—I am not so quick to dismiss Guillen’s strong words.On behalf...
...Friday at the 2 a.m. closing time, all the women in the 150-person karaoke room stood on chairs and sang and danced to the ABBA song “Dancing Queen.” The song database is quite extensive, with about 5000 songs—many in Spanish??and new hits added weekly. Parties larger than four can and should make reservations...
Having studied Spanish in high school and college, I jumped at the opportunity to spend my summer interning at a bank in Madrid. I would hone my Spanish??speaking skills (and actually merit that foreign language citation), learn more about the business world and travel for seven weeks in a country I had never visited. Today may be Independence Day, but this would be my independence summer. And while I have so far enjoyed every moment of my adventures here in Madrid—from making Spanish friends at the dorm where I live, to walking through...