¡¿POR QUÉ NO TE CALLAS?!

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 15/06/2017
  • exclamaciones, quicksilver translate, signo eclamacion en español, signo exclamacion
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Somewhere in Iceland…

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 18/05/2017
  • cómo no perder una lengua, Invasiones lingüísticas
As we’ve mentioned in the past, language forms part of a country’s identity. If we lose our language or if we’re forced to speak another (due to either dictatorial reasons – as was the case in Spain under Franco, who forced the Basques, Galicians, Catalans, Valencians and Majorcans to speak Spanish and nothing but – […]
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EUROVISION 2017: MUSIC AND LANGUAGE

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 11/05/2017
  • cantar en eurovisión en inglés o lengua materna, cantar en lengua materna o en inglés, Eurovisión 2017
The finals of the well-known “Eurovision Song Contest” is this Saturday, May 13th, in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. I know, it’s not like it’s the Super Bowl and there’s a halftime show with Beyoncé singing, but it’s fun to watch. Just FYI, Spain has won this contest a grand total of… 2 times. I […]
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Swag

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 13/04/2017
  • Swag meaning, swag orign
It seems like English is everywhere nowadays. It matters not where you go, speakers of all tongues are rapidly, and quite comfortably, incorporating new English buzzwords into their native languages. I remember being surprised two years ago when I heard a group of 80-year-old Spanish women say, “Venga, vamos a hacernos un selfie.” I thought […]
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