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Children from the Other AmericaThe Trouble with English

Children from the Other America: The Trouble with English [In the Segundo Barrio during the 1940’s, people spoke Spanish. They spoke the Spanish they brought with them from their ranchos, villages and cities. They also brought the music of their accents. You could tell by the quality of their speech whether they were country or city people. Spanish in the 1940’s in south El Paso was formal and polite. People apologized if they said a word like estúpido. I would often wonder why that required an apology. And I would be told that people from rural areas are not open with criticism and do not want to offend with what they consider vulgar language.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Children from the Other AmericaThe Trouble with English

Part of the Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education Book Series (volume 114)
Editors: Levy, Michele López-Stafford
López-Stafford, Gloria
Children from the Other America — Jan 1, 2016
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SensePublishers
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© SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
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13 –22
DOI
10.1007/978-94-6300-447-3_2
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[In the Segundo Barrio during the 1940’s, people spoke Spanish. They spoke the Spanish they brought with them from their ranchos, villages and cities. They also brought the music of their accents. You could tell by the quality of their speech whether they were country or city people. Spanish in the 1940’s in south El Paso was formal and polite. People apologized if they said a word like estúpido. I would often wonder why that required an apology. And I would be told that people from rural areas are not open with criticism and do not want to offend with what they consider vulgar language.]

Published: Jan 1, 2016

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