Pardon My Spanglish

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In Pardon My Spanglish, stand-up comedian Bill Santiago chronicles the quintessentially American alegras of his mother tongue: the quirky, hilariously improvisational fusion of ingls and espaol spoken by millions (even if they dont know or admit que estn doing it). With crash-course efficiency, cada pgina de este libro empowers your every step toward Spanglish mastery. How can you not love Spanglish Twice the vocabulary, half the grammar!

Readers will learn:
The outlaw syntax of Spanglish (as observed by a comedian with no formal training inlinguistics whatsoever)
Advanced tricks of Spanglish conjugation (to google: Yo googleo, t googleas, nosotrosgoogleamos)
The Top 10 Best Things About Being Latino (#6: Guaranteed part in high school productionof West Side Story)
Why People en Espaol should simply be called Gente
Handy corporate Spanglish phrases, including Feliz hump day
The secret Spanglish agenda of Dora the Explorer
And mucho ms!

Full of dead-on observations about immigration paniqueo, oprima el dos backlash, and every politically incorrect sentiment in between, Pardon My Spanglish is essential reading for Latinosand the Latino-curious.

Author Bio

Bill Santiago is a native Spanglish speaker who became a stand-up comedian after narrowly escaping a career in journalism. With the premiere of his first special, Comedy Central Presents Bill Santiago, his mother finally stopped asking him to go to law school. He has appeared on The Late Show with Conan OBrien, and his work has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, and San Juan Star. When not on stage, he enjoys curling up with a good book or a well-read, Spanglish-speaking woman. He lives in New York City.