Peru, Venezuela… They’re All the Same to Dick

November 7, 2007November 7, 2007 ~ Mi Blog es tu Blog ~ 5 Comments

With TV writers still out on the picket lines, comedy show producers have only to turn to the real world to come up with some hilarious stuff to entertain us. Take Dick Cheney’s latest comments over the weekend, when asked about Hugo Chávez’ influence on the Americas: (Taken from a White House transcript)

“He’s a — obviously an individual with his own agenda, and he spends a great deal of his time worrying about us and criticizing the United States. My own personal view is that he does not represent the future of Latin America, and the people of Peru I think deserve better in their leadership.”

I tell you. I don’t know about Cheney’s agenda, but he might want to squeeze a few geography and politics quick lessons here and there.

As for Chávez, he mocked Cheney saying it shows the United States is governed by a “bunch of ignorant fools.”

Ay dios!

Learning Spanish is Oh-So Easy!

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Almost two years after I first found Unforgettable Languages, a company that pitches the “linkword” method to learning languages, I stopped by this morning to check in with them and realized the company is not only still around, but has added some new features and languages to its roster.

The method, say its creators, is simple; and it applies to any language you can imagine. Just see below:

….more

and more…

And just in case Spanish is not your cup of tea, you might want to check out other options.

The Russian for JUICE is SOK
Imagine drinking JUICE out of a SOCK

Spanish -not Mexican- Spoken in Spain

November 7, 2007November 7, 2007 ~ Mi Blog es tu Blog ~ 5 Comments

Filmax, the Spanish producer and distributor of films, is tangled up in some bizarre fight with Mexican film maker Rigoberto Castañeda. As it turns out, Filmax is determined to dubb Mr. Castañeda’s latest film, Km 31 into Spanish… problem is, the film IS in Spanish (Mexican Spanish, that is).

The Mexican film maker this week told El País that the argument behind Filmax’ insistence in translating the film into Spain’s Spanish (from Mexican Spanish) has to do with offering a more culturally-relevant movie to Spain’s audiences… (mmm, aren’t we all speaking the same language?)

As Jon Stewart said recently a propos of Univision’s “Spanish-language” presidential debate: “mmm ¿en dónde está mi cabeza?”