Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chusma!
Doña Florinda: “¡Vente Quico! ¡No te juntes con esta chusma! […]
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Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Pipirisnais!
De la high… o sea de la alta sociedad. The […]
Read moreAsk Juan: Why is Spanish so Hard to Learn?
The other day a reader emailed me with the following […]
Read moreMexi-Vocabulario: Solovino
This one is dedicated to the reader who emailed me […]
Read moreMexi-Vocabulario: Arrullar
Arrullar. To put one to sleep. Or in this tertiary definition […]
Read moreMr. Bean: Spokesman for the Misunderstood?
He used to annoy the living crap out of me. […]
Read moreMexi-Vocabulario: ¡Mitotero!
A ver, so… yo por andar de mitotero ¡mira nada […]
Read moreWhy Spanglish Was a Bad Word for Most of My Life
Spanglish! It’s a love-hate relationship I’ve had with the language. […]
Read more“Rasquachismo” – Hacer De Tripas Corazón
Gotta say, never in all my life had I heard […]
Read morePiropos for Valentine’s Day
¡Estas bien enamorado! You are so in love and you […]
Read moreKudos to Sofia Vergara for Making Accents So Cool!
My earliest memories of the lovely and ageless Sofia Vergara […]
Read moreTop 10 Dichos for New Year’s Eve
If you believe in 2012 time will truly be of […]
Read morePan-Tuflas: Comfort Shoes
Pantufla – zapatilla sin orejas ni talón para andar por […]
Read moreA Few Words On Gratitude
No hay que ser malagradecidos. If there was one thing […]
Read moreBurla: The Act of Laughing at Oneself… and Others
There’s a time to play. And there’s a time to […]
Read moreDonde Cabe Uno, Caben Dos: Life Lessons for Adult Children
Donde cabe un mexicano caben cien. That was the variation […]
Read more¡No Te Dejes! Learning To Fight My Own School Yard Bullies
It’s always hard to give kids advice about bullying. In […]
Read moreEmpacho: The Act Of Overstuffing Your Face
Lately things had been going so well. Rather than greedily […]
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