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Is Granddaddy speaking Spanish?

Culture, StoriesBy JenniferJanuary 17, 2016Leave a comment

“Mommy is Granddaddy speaking Spanish?” “No Jennifer, he’s speaking English – just like you!”   I can’t recall if the first accent I heard was the Spanish of my Ecuadorian babysitter or the now endangered Gullah spoken by my grandfather and many South Carolina Sea Island natives. I do recall believing that if you weren’t…

British Slang as Guessed By Americans

CultureBy Peter KovacsAugust 25, 2014Leave a comment

Slang was something cool, when I was a kid. It was the way the older kids spoke – their special, cool, grown up, mysterious way of communicating. As I learned a new slang word – usually from my only older cousin –  I was trying to plug my new acquisition into every phrase imaginable – …

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