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"Aw...I loved your post. You should follow your dreams no matter what people say! I know that the support of your mother is always the best and most special inspiration. I feel the same way about my mom <3 "
You Said Que?: Como se dice "Parking" en Español?
I always try my hardest to learn the right way to say words in Spanish.I try not to fall into the lazy pit of using slang or making up my own invented "translations".Sometimes it's hard not to do that and sometimes it's funny to do it but I really love the language the Spanish language because it makes me feel closer to my heritage to listen to it and be able to speak it, that's why I take pride in speaking it as correctly as I can.However, lately I've started noticing that in the rest of the…See More
Hispanics by any other name
Tonight I was watching the 11:00 o'clock news in Spanish language channel Univision. I saw a package about the fact that Hispanics continue to identify themselves through their individual nationalities rather than under the umbrella term "Hispanic"or the similar "Latino". I thought it was interesting but I was not surprised. It is true that as a group, we Hispanics, are extremely proud but that pride only stems from joining together to share all of our differences. We are a diverse group and we…See More
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"Welcome to Latinitas. I love Miami! I got to visit a couple years ago and had a great time. I'm looking forward to reading your blogs:)"
Daysi La Latinita from Miami
Hey everybody! How are my Latinitas? My name is Daysi. I'm 25 and I'm half-Nicaraguense and half-Spanish. But to tell you the truth, I'm a big time Miami girl. I love this city. It's not just because of the amazing sunshine, beautiful downtown area or of coursethe famous and infamous Miami beach, it's because of the people! I've often heard complaints about people from Miami. "They are loud", "sometimes they are rude", or the most common one "people in Miami are just too superficial." But I…See More
Daysi La Latinita from Miami
Hey everybody! How are my Latinitas? My name is Daysi. I'm 25 and I'm half-Nicaraguense and half-Spanish. But to tell you the truth, I'm a big time Miami girl. I love this city. It's not just because of the amazing sunshine, beautiful downtown area or of coursethe famous and infamous Miami beach, it's because of the people! I've often heard complaints about people from Miami. "They are loud", "sometimes they are rude", or the most common one "people in Miami are just too superficial." But I…See More
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You Said Que?: Como se dice "Parking" en Español?
Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:04pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I always try my hardest to learn the right way to say words in Spanish.
I try not to fall into the lazy pit of using slang or making up my own invented "translations".
Sometimes it's hard not to do that and sometimes it's funny to do it but I really love the language the Spanish language because it makes me feel closer to my heritage to listen to it and be able to speak it, that's why I take pride in speaking it as correctly as I can.
However, lately I've started…
ContinueHispanics by any other name
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 9:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Tonight I was watching the 11:00 o'clock news in Spanish language channel Univision. I saw a package about the fact that Hispanics continue to identify themselves through their individual nationalities rather than under the umbrella term "Hispanic"or the similar "Latino". I thought it was interesting but I was not surprised. It is true that as a group, we Hispanics, are extremely proud but that pride only stems from joining together to share all of our differences. We are a diverse group and…
ContinueDaysi La Latinita from Miami
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:30am 3 Comments 0 Likes
Hey everybody! How are my Latinitas?
My name is Daysi. I'm 25 and I'm half-Nicaraguense and half-Spanish.
But to tell you the truth, I'm a big time Miami girl. I love this city. It's not
just because of the amazing sunshine, beautiful downtown area or of course
the famous and infamous Miami beach, it's because of the people!
I've often heard complaints about people from Miami. "They are loud",
"sometimes they are rude", or the most common one…
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