Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Testy Grammarians and the "Final Word" on Chicanos, Latinos, and Hispanics!


Internet fetishist and regular Galleryblog columnist Michael Wyatt Harper, writes in with a link to the Common Errors in English Usage page; Harper asks that we peruse their entry on Chicanos/Latinos/Hispanics! Here it is:



I kind of like the testy tone--like some old Catholic nun with a paddle in one hand and Strunk and White in the other!
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2 comments:

  1. LeeSeeWednesday, May 28, 2008 at 5:00:00 PM PDT

    Me too, I like testy when teaching to "mulos".

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  2. BorderLoreThursday, May 29, 2008 at 2:31:00 PM PDT

    hey, it's not true that Brazilians don't feel included when of "Latinos" one speaks -- at least in California, I have always heard Latino as including los brazileiros...que han escuchado ustedes por ahi?

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