LatinaLista — With only her 12-string guitar accompanying her, Lydia Mendoza “Lark of the Border” recorded over 1,000 songs in a 70-year career where she reigned as the ‘first lady of Tejano music.’ Though she died in 2007 at the age of 91, her legacy lives on as the first musician honored in the Postal [...]
Distinguished English Linguist: Writing English — And Jumping to Some New Conclusions
By Laurel Airica Laurel Airica “Play with words … is one of the most beloved practices of human beings the world over and through0ut recorded time.” Walter Redfern, Puns, Basil Blackwell Press, 1988 Anyone who ventures to horse around with the English language is bound to get carried away. For words – like [...]
Distinguished English Linguist: Living in a world where lies are designed to sound truthful degrades language and life
By Laurel Airica Laurel Airica “… Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell The intentional misuse of words to cast spells on [...]
The barrier that divides: One city, dos lenguas
By Valorie Vasquez Borderzine EL PASO – Blue-eyed, brunette, and light-complexioned Michael Alden has called El Paso his home for nearly all his life. Alden, 24, was born and raised in El Paso, graduated from Franklin High in 2007 and attended UTEP before leaving to live in California. Although El Paso is recognized as a [...]
Voxy Music turns songs into English lessons
By Dustin Mendus Más Wired Mobile app Voxy, which helps people learn English, now incorporates a user’s music into its language lessons. Voxy has launched a new service allowing customers to learn English by listening to music. We previously wrote about Voxy, a mobile app to help people learn English, which offers this new app [...]
Bill to make English the official U.S. language is back for another try
By Brandon Ross Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Rep. John Conyers didn’t speak a word of English at Thursday’s hearing on a bill to make English the official language of the nation, but he still made his opinion of the bill crystal clear. The Michigan Democrat read his opening remarks entirely in Spanish, telling the [...]
