I refuse to say certain things in English, as they have no meaning in our culture and sound super funny. Like "dead bread" . Also, I have been having problems recently with unintended Spanglish. The other day was telling my husband about the ofrenda I was planning on making, and I started off the sentence with "so for Dia de la Dead , I was planning"....
Love your list. And the leftover sidenotel so random! LOL. Happy Halloween and "Dia de la Dead" ;)
I used to say that all the time, thinking I was sooo clever. Then my husband and I were watching Chicas VIP (making fun of super-fresas) and THEY called pan de muerto ¨dead bread¨, so I´ve been trying so hard to NOT call it that anymore.
But that was a few years ago, so I´m clearly not very successful! :P Way to catch me!
Breaking the spanglish habit is so hard! I´m convinced that it´s an essential step to becoming bilingual. But have I moved on and really become bilingual? Yikes!
But, like in AA, just admiting that we have a problem is the first step, right? I wish you the best of luck on your journey, too! ;)
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"Dead bread" bwahaha.
I refuse to say certain things in English, as they have no meaning in our culture and sound super funny. Like "dead bread" . Also, I have been having problems recently with unintended Spanglish. The other day was telling my husband about the ofrenda I was planning on making, and I started off the sentence with "so for Dia de la Dead , I was planning"....
Love your list. And the leftover sidenotel so random! LOL. Happy Halloween and "Dia de la Dead" ;)
I used to say that all the time, thinking I was sooo clever. Then my husband and I were watching Chicas VIP (making fun of super-fresas) and THEY called pan de muerto ¨dead bread¨, so I´ve been trying so hard to NOT call it that anymore.
But that was a few years ago, so I´m clearly not very successful! :P Way to catch me!
Breaking the spanglish habit is so hard! I´m convinced that it´s an essential step to becoming bilingual. But have I moved on and really become bilingual? Yikes!
But, like in AA, just admiting that we have a problem is the first step, right? I wish you the best of luck on your journey, too! ;)
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