Archive for April, 2006

Do you speak SPANGLISH?

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Spanglish, a portmanteau of the words Spanish and English, is a name used to refer to a range of language-contact phenomena, primarily in the speech of the Hispanic population of the United States, which is exposed to both Spanish and English.   A short Spanglish conversation: Anita: "Hola, good morning, cómo estás?" Mark: ...

Does Money Buy Happiness?

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

What makes the people immigrate to the United States? Why does a person agree to leave their country, family, friends, memories and even their history? What are they looking for? Is it all about money, future, or something else? Emigration is always hard, period, and for that reason I find it ...