ingléspañol

ingléspañol palabra del día

Troka- n. fem. la troka.

derivación: inglés - truck.

palabra corecta: la camioneta.

frace por ejemplo: ¡Me choqué mi troka porqué manajaba borracho!

posted by Verble Gherulous @ 11:06 AM 0 comments

Overheard: Our Candidates Ads targeting Hispanics

OK, while I don't have specific links or tags yet, (and I know you guys will want them, because we ARE the visual/audio society) I have to note here today what I overheard on NPR this morning regarding how our presidential candidates are courting the Hispanic vote:

They are each running ads, I believe in Florida (but not sure) targeting the Hispanic population. McCain's ad is aimed at their sense of patriotism, and from what I recall (not a direct quote), he said, "If you look at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC, there are many many Hispanic names there . . . and if you look at the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq today, you'll see just as many Hispanics as well"

(and my mind instantly was waiting for him to continue, to say): "and in years to come, I'll make sure that those names are on the NEXT memorial wall!"

I mean, come on! Is this supposed to be "courting" the Hispanic vote? As a Salvadoran, it sounds to me like he's just fine sending me off to war and will thank me for getting killed with a nice engraving on a black piece of stone. Fortunately me for my I'm an octogenarian and nobody really expects much from me but to drop my dentures and curse the way of all things.

Obama's message was a little less clear, it basically consisted of what sounded like an African chant group trying to imitate Norteño music, chanting about how much he understands us.

Again, this is all just what I overheard on my way to work, so if there are details that I missed, or some subtlety that was lost on me, please feel free to let me know.

VG

posted by Verble Gherulous @ 2:27 PM 0 comments