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Como estaba frijole???
(How you bean???)
Okay...
Shame on me...
I know I’m not s’posed to laugh out loud...
But it’s too good to pass up...
Call me insensitive...
Call me a racist...
Call me an insensitive racist...
Or...
Just call me someone who sees humor in situations...
And here’s why I can’t stop chuckling...
For a few laughs
Visit the Melky Cabrera interview video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=zClrBf754QU&feature=endscreen
I’m sorry...
I can’t stop...
It’s hilarious...
And when it’s funny...
I laugh...
Risa, risa, risa...
(The word “laugh” in Spanish)
Melky dice colmillo en vez de aficionados...
(Melky said "fang" instead of "fans")
Let’s face it...
"Aficionados" is a lot harder to say than "fang"...
Maybe he’s due for a teeth cleaning...
Risa, risa, risa...
I can see it now...
America’s dental floss spokesman...
Floss those fangs, big guy...
Hey, Melky...
Try some of this...
“Ber-litz...”
Hey, Melky...
During that interview...
“What were you sinking about???
Risa, risa, risa...
Not surprisingly, though...
Melky’s English is “mucho mejor” than my Spanish...
Un burro sabe mas que yo...
(A donkey knows more than I do.)
This whole episode reminds me of the importance...
Of knowing both languages fluently...
It’s something I have reiterated to my students...
(95% of which are Latino...)
Time and time again...
Because...
I was denied a job interview in our district...
Just because I wasn’t fluent in Spanish...
I don’t want others to miss that opportunity as well...
So...
There is a message here somewhere...
You never know where you’re gonna be...
When you need that second language...
Yes, I know...
It gripes a lot of people that many come to this country...
And don’t learn English...
But whaddaya gonna do about it???
Hold a pistola to their heads???
The fact is...
It probably ain’t gonna change...
And if you want more opportunities...
You’ll learn their language...
I think they call it...
Making limonada out of limons...
So as Melky continues to struggle in English...
(Because Rosetta Stone is way to expensive for him.)
I will continue to struggle in Spanish...
Buenos nachos....
(Risa, risa, risa...)
dvt
http://thumbsnap.com/i/Lz0mxdsT.gif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=zClrBf754QU&feature=endscreen
http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/non-make/ns/ns_71112_717.jpg
http://www.malidds.com/blog/wp-content/images/oral_health_s15_man_flossing_teeth.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_-DyFLXduk&feature=related
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bYDMyyQ335s/TzmZzhxO9yI/AAAAAAAAAbg/mWTyj816zNE/s1600/nachos.jpg
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