The I of the bilingual
Something is happening to my English. I am becoming more aware of it. Ever since I took on the job of learning Swedish this change has been brought upon me through a very surreptitious way that, sutil. Though I insistently argue that Spanglish is my…
Read Moretenkius, denankius.
While denankius can trace its origin to mockery of the imitation of saying de nada with an Anglo pronunciation thus producing the lexeme denankius its ramifications are yet to be explored. Denankius occurs because we southwestern peeps try to do a…
Read MoreFaith based Lectores
The power of the word never ceases to impress me. Especialmente cuando esas palabras conforman parte del lienzo donde se pinta al ser que supuestamente debería corresponder a la imagen que las palabras muestran. This becomes moreso a truth on the…
Read MoreThe Metrosex in me
When I go the market I look for fresh produce be it vegetables, fruits or, je! beer. Yet the brits somehow have a weird and twisted meaning to it that just baffles the living daylights out of my Xicano skull. Israel in fresh Lebanon strikes Fresh…
Read MorePinches monolingües
Otra vez me llegó la pregunta: ¿qué se siente escribir en tres idiomas?, esta vez de parte de un blog sueco al que, por alguna razón, le parece ardua la labor de poder escribir en tres idiomas. Se les hace mucho tener tres blogs cuando ellos si apenas se…
Read MoreInglés Xicano
I can’t help notice the noise that the right wingnuts make regards Aztlán and Chicanos and the whole culture clash enchilada. Specially English. I still have a few problems with English. I grew up never feeling that English was part of me. It was a…
Read MoreNihil est ab omni parete beatum
Soy nihilista. Siempre lo he sido. In the end, no habrá nada. Por eso el optimismo de ciertos escritores me dan risa, mucha risa. Se preocupan por un legado que no durará. Algún día este planeta terminará como otros planetas del universo, en un vil…
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