Spanglish

The other day a person I know was telling me that I speak a very cheesy (not fluent; cheesy) english. That, of course, made me feel insulted and embarrased-I tought my englis was very good-. I promised him and myself that I would never speak in english again with anyone who I could communicate with in other language. Then, I thought about it and remembered that I dont care about other people s opinions about me (mostly) and that I must do whatever I want (speak english) despite of my mmm.....cheesiness (I hope thats a word).

I also realized that if I live in a spanish speaking country, its sort of senseless to be communicating in english (duuhhh).

The thing is, in english, everything sounds kinda "casual". So, its not the same, for exaple, "I miss you" than "Te extraño". There s somethin abou it that makes spanish sound deeper than english and, since I pretend to keep this blog "casual" I figured english´d be the best choice.

I will modify that: from now on, I´ll still use english, but I´ll also include spanish. Actually, to make this multilingual, I might as well use some french (menage a trois), some german (volkswagen) and some russian (яна).

I just hope no one tells me that my spanish isn´t that good eithere, cuz then I won´t have anything else to say and I´ll be forced to never say anything again-not that I care about what anyone thinks about my spanish, cuz I dont).

Iana
Jueves 8 diciembre 2005
7:10pm