Spanish syntax

[Dennis Preston]

Is this the same wag that wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urinal"?

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>In parts of Florida they use another dialect of Latin: "Ici on parle=20
>francais."
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>I saw a bilingual sign above a   broken urinal in Orlando the other day that=
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>said "OUT OF ORDER -- NO TRABAJO" -- is this pesonification or what?
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>In a message dated 4/7/08 3:35:11 PM, hwgray at GMAIL.COM writes:
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>>  Back in the day, notices read:
>>=20
>>  "Se habla espa=F1ol."
>>=20
>>=20
>>  Nowadays, they read:
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>>  "Hablamos espa=F1ol."
>>=20
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>>  -Wilson
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
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Michigan State University
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