Category Archives: Bilingual

I need a new keyboard. Not alien like the one before me. Of course, you can’t see my keyboard but really, proof here is a minor bureaucratic shuffle of papers. I really need a new keyboard. But perhaps most importantly … Continue reading →

Nothing brings me more joy to my hearts delight then when I confuse people about my ethnicity. I just love it. I will give an example of said ventures of mine that tickles my belly silly. I recently came across … Continue reading →

English. Every time I look at this blog am embarrassed by the amount of posts. 450 with this one. In Spanish I have about a thousand more plus that. I guess that explains a few things. When there is nothing … Continue reading →

One does after all feel as throwing the towel. I do feel that I am losing it. I never had trouble dealing with two languages. Yet being so far away from the center of gyration that rules my bilingualism has … Continue reading →

Something is happening to my English. I am becoming more aware of it. Ever since I took on the job of learning Swedish this change has been brought upon me through a very surreptitious way that, sutil. Though I insistently … Continue reading →

Would it just be possible to somehow churn out something in English these days? Frankly speaking, I am at a loss, have I abandoned the I which speaketh the Bard’s tongue? And do tell, why is it that I harbor … Continue reading →

While denankius can trace its origin to mockery of the imitation of saying de nada with an Anglo pronunciation thus producing the lexeme denankius its ramifications are yet to be explored. Denankius occurs because we southwestern peeps try to do … Continue reading →

In the business of brain development. Jode, that surely doesn’t pay off.

Otra vez me llegó la pregunta: ¿qué se siente escribir en tres idiomas?, esta vez de parte de un blog sueco al que, por alguna razón, le parece ardua la labor de poder escribir en tres idiomas. Se les hace … Continue reading →

Soy nihilista. Siempre lo he sido. In the end, no habrá nada. Por eso el optimismo de ciertos escritores me dan risa, mucha risa. Se preocupan por un legado que no durará. Algún día este planeta terminará como otros planetas … Continue reading →

Claro que ser políglota tiene desventajas. Una de ellas se le es aparente al escritor, aquel que se dedica a las letras y la formulación de ideas, pensamientos, metáforas, imágenes y visiones varias. Todo idioma tiene un dejo de racismo … Continue reading →

Supe de la narrativa del Norte* fuera de la Baja. Lo supe, sin duda alguna, por medio de la revista semanal Proceso. Lo importante para mi, en este día que recuerdo esto, es que me acuerdo que me entusiasmó un … Continue reading →

Así al ras se puede decir que tres culturas han pasado por mi. De por cierto, la plaza de las tres culturas nunca la vi durante mi estancia en el DF, pero no me quiero salir del tema. De últimas … Continue reading →

I have always wondered why the mexican government hasn’t really taken advantage of the bilingual population that it has alongt its 3000 kilometer long border con los gabachos. I mean it’s an increible asset right? people who actually understand bilateral … Continue reading →

So there are dualities in Xicano bilingualism. However, I believe that what am about to divulge here covers pretty much trilinguals and quatrilinguals as well because in essence that which I have in mind is language shifting that is, adjusting … Continue reading →

Estos últimos días he hecho un esfuerzo mental bastante inusual. He escrito varios posts en español que usualmente no haría, o sea, me gusta escribir lo que al inglés va y hasta ahí pero de repente para acá he querido … Continue reading →

Y es que esto demuestra el impacto de la lengua inglesa en la región, en Tijuana. Los gabachos no enseñan en español, vayamonos alejando de esa dulce fantasia de que vaya a suceder eso. La realidad es que es el … Continue reading →

In English I am a rabid atheist. I frankly don’t believe in the paranormal when it is told in the English language even though my mexican culture is filled with it, however, told in Spanish, I am more prone to … Continue reading →

Ok, little by little I’ve managed to notice some things about my writing. The energy I place on the subjects I like need to be taken into account in which language they sound best …not. Reading some of the articles … Continue reading →

It seems to me, since I have experienced it and lived it, that when it comes to writing, the essence, the emotion of what you want to say is independent of language. For me, at least, this is proof that … Continue reading →

Well, suffice to say my spanish blog has sucked a lot of time out of me and it’s because my blog community is so responsive to the text I write and I believe I have developed a sort of friedship … Continue reading →

Being trilingual has caused interesting activities in my brain. Although I’ve never had any problems with Spanish and English sharing the same mass of grey matter, it seems that English and Swedish are just being too concomitant with each other, … Continue reading →

When it comes to languages it seems to me rather curious the stance some people take. I remember as a child how embarrassed I was to speak Spanish. I recall how one day we came to my grandmother’s in TJ … Continue reading →

I find it interesting to find interesting people. But these dark glasses season has got to stop, a little sunlight and suddenly non-vampires turn vampires, the sun turns into an anathema and the curses begin. Maybe it’s all in the … Continue reading →