English, Spanish, and Spanglish

Paul Frank paulfrank at POST.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Jul 8 13:59:04 UTC 2010


If you read Spanish, you may be interested in this article from
Spain's newspaper of record on the relationship between* English,
Spanish, and Spanglish in the United States and therefore also
between* English speakers, Spanish speakers, and Spanglish speakers in
the United States.

<http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/batalla/ene/elpepiint/20100707elpepiint_8/Tes>

*Pop quiz: Why is "between" better than "among" here?

Paul Frank
Translator
German, French, Italian > English
Rue du Midi 1, Aigle, Switzerland
paulfrank at post.harvard.edu
paul.frank at bfs.admin.ch

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