RG-Reporta / EspañolUna columna sobre el español y cultura 5.10.12 Breve historia del españolSon España, América Latina
y Estados Unidos Hispano, parafraseando a Oscar Wilde, mundos separados por un
mismo idioma? Continue.
El SpanglishNo se trata de un fenómeno transitorio, señala Stavans. El espanglish resulta del choque de dos civilizaciones que se remonta al tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo de 1848 mediante el cual Estados Unidos adquiere dos tercios del territorio mexicano por 15 millones de dólares y un cañón a la sien. Lea másUna esposa abandonada y la elusiva frase de apertura  Un relato fisico, carnal, en torno a la aventura literaria de un ex profesor universitario que apuesta la vida a una novela de la que apenas tiene la (incompleta) frase inicial. Raul Guerrero en The Barcelona Review.¡Golazo!La etimología de gol es el inglés goal, meter el balón dentro del arco. Pero un gol monumental, un golazo, es mucho más que etimología. El escritor uruguayo Eduardo Galeano lo definio así: El gol es el orgasmo del futbol. Real Madrid: campeones de la liga españolaUn golazo: Karin Benzema a pase de Cristiano Ronaldo en el partido entre el Real Madrid y el Osasuna, Marzo 31, 2012. Video del gol ________________________________________
Amor, ideas, obsesión.
Una mujer se enfrenta a la misma sociedad que ayuda a transcender de colonia española a republica, llevando el título de libertina como los generales las medallas.
Pulse la portada para comprar Una novela histórica fascinante. ________________________________ La mujer en la historia de América LatinaEscribir la novela La dudosa fuga de la cronista LIBERTINA me ha permitido ver que significó para la mujer la Ilustración y la Independencia. Lea mas RG-Report. El mapa del cerebro bilingueLas personas que saben más de un idioma tienen más flexibilidad cognitiva. Un
bebé de cuatro meses sabe discriminar el catalán del castellano. Lea más El Mundo. _________________________________ The BLOGAskMe Most Read QuestionsWhat is chat in Spanish? Bipolar in Spanish? Is Gringo Pejorative? Latino or Hispanic? Castilian or Spanish? What does maricón mean? Tu or Usted? AskMe Archive
____________________________Coño, from the Latin cunnus, “female pudenda.” 1. Noun, vulgar for female genitalia. 2. Adjective, in Ecuador and Chile, stingy, synonym of tacaño. 3. Interjection, very Caribbean, and hip, versatile, urban. Coño, mi amor, estás irresistible, is a compliment for both men and women. But with anger, after waiting two hours for a spouse in a restaurant, stressing the second o, if words could kill, coñó would do it. Coño also connotes surprise, astonishment: ¡Coño que grande! Read more. ________________________________ |
RG-Report / EnglishRaul Guerrero's Language Column On Spanish 
5.10.12 Translating GayPresident Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage prompted the question: What’s the politically correct Spanish translation for gay? Though each nation in the Spanish-speaking world has a word, pato, duck, pájaro, bird, mariposa, butterfly, mano-quebrada, broken-wrist, afeminado, affeminate, invertido, reversed or inverted, puto, literally male whore, loca, crazy woman, etc., the universally recognized, if derogatory, is marica or maricón. Read More HSN. Or On-Spanish5.1.12 Who Speaks Spanish Best?First we must define best. Are we talking about purity or market share? Going by
the latter, standard Spanish, the neutral soap-opera variety is superior. Standard
Spanish is a common denominator, devoid of localisms. Read More. 4.13.12 GuayaberaPresident Obama will sport a guayabera. Is the shirt Mexican? Did it originate in the Philippines?
Or, as many insist, is as Cuban as a hand-rolled habano? Theories abound. One
has it that the first guayabera was made for a wealthy Cuban
rancher back in the 1700s... Read More. 4.1.12. Hispandering: Political SpanishIn
other words, paraphrasing Orwell’s observation about political language,
hispandering is a strategy designed to make lies sound truthful and give an
appearance of solidity to pure wind. Read more. 3.24.12. Bilingualism’s False Friends
Agresivo, an aggressive businesswoman does not translate to una ejecutiva agresiva (one who, unable to take no for an answer, gives clients a
beating.) Un hombre agresivo con las mujeres is not the gregarious guy who impetuously
charms ladies, but the ruffian who batters them. Aggressive is emprendedor,
audaz, dinámico. More Hispanically Speaking News or On-Spanish 3.17.2012. Is Spanish Sexist?Here is a comparative analysis: Zorro, a vindicador, a justicie-fighter, a super hero, Antonio Banderas. Zorra: whore. Perro, man’s best friend, silent companion, eyes of the blind, Lassie. Perra: whore. More Hispanically Speaking News Share It.
______________________________Curating InformationPronouns Predict Dating Success
On a recent Friday night, 30 men and 30 women gathered at a hotel restaurant in Washington, D.C. Their goal was love, or maybe sex, or maybe some combination of the two. They were there for speed dating. Read More NPR.
Learning a Foreign Language: Smart AppsThe New York Times reviews Living-Language and Rocket-Languages. More. Why bilinguals are smarter
New scientific evidence shows that bilingual
people are not only smarter but their brains are better protected against dementia,
among other diseases. Read more The New York Times. The Dominican Lingua Franca Poloché = Polo shirt. A peculiar language has developed among Dominicans. It goes beyond the spoken word. For example, they can point things out with their lips. Read more NY Remezcla. Email Charter |
