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❊ Pet of the Week ❊
Everybody deserves a good home
Hester is a very energetic and
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independent streak. She pre-
fers not to be picked up but will
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She would be the perfect com-
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through Thursday you can Adopt – A – Buddy. During this
promotion, if you adopt one cat, Greenhill will waive the
adoption fee of a second. Greenhill Humane Society is
open for adoptions and visits Friday through Tuesday
11am to 6pm at 88530 Green Hill Road in Eugene.
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88530 Greenhill Rd
Hours: Fri-Tu 11am-6pm • Closed Wednesday & Thursday
Dear Mexican: I am the proud uncle
of five Mexican-redneck kids who
recently moved to Wausau with their
mamá wisconsiana after living in la
Capirucha all their lives. I’ve talked
to them on the phone several
times a week since they left for la
tierra de los sueños materializa-
dos, and I’ve noticed slight
changes in the way they talk. I’m
worried they might lose their neat,
mellifluous middle-class capitalino
accent and replace it with some sort
of Ricky Martin/Univisión/migra-
spokesman one. Is it wrong from me to
expect them not to partake in the
Spanish that is spoken in the country they
now live in? Even worse: is it bad to think that
American pan-Spanish is demeaning to the lengua
itself? I’d rather be listening to them speaking like tepiteños than this. –
Mexicano Temeroso del Cambio
Dear Readers: The above Mexican fearful of change is a denizen of Mexico City,
which, amongst its many ignominies (smog, crime, overcrowding) and beauties
(sprawl, a heritage going back millennia, danielhernandez.typepad.com), speaks the
world’s greatest Spanish: a baroque, mind-numbing string of bawdiness, twisting tones
and words starting with the letter ch- (listen to Café Tacuba’s remake of “Chilanga
Banda” for this dialect’s highest form) that makes custodians of Cervantes cringe.
That’s not the language of Temeroso’s nephews y sobrinas, however — it seems
they’re fresas (literally “strawberries,” but a derisive nickname for hipsters) since he
boasts of their middle-class upbringing and rags on residents of Tepito, DF’s version of
Detroit. But I feel bad for the guy, ’cause he’s fucked. If there’s but one lesson you
take from this column, America (besides the fact that Mexicans love midgets), it’s this:
Language is the most malleable, fleeting cultural trait. Mexico City Spanish is different
from the español of other Mexican states, and both differ from the Spanish of el Norte,
which mixes the argots of other Latinos to create the version you so scorn, Temeroso.
Your precious fresas will succumb to this blight but also contribute to the growth of
their new master Spanish. The only hope you can maintain to ensure some level of
Mexican cultural purity is to ensure the niños don’t become cheeseheads and teach
them to root for the Oakland Raiders — or at least the Dallas Cowboys. Now, go ench-
ufa una chava, chulo.
I’m grateful to find your column. I’ve looked everywhere, including the Pew
Hispanic Center, but I can’t find a concise summary of the number of
Hispanics who have served, died and been wounded in the current war. From
what I can determine, Hispanics have been serving this country in war since
the Revolution. In Texas, where I’ve lived since 1970, Lorenzo DeZavala, whose
great-great grandson I know, helped to form this state. — The Ghost of Guy
Gabaldon
Dear Patriot: This is ¡Ask a Mexican!, not ¡Ask a Latino!, but I’ll make an excep-
tion for your important query. The Pew Hispanic Center did release a report on Latino
attitudes toward the Iraq invasion (we generally hate it), but there exists no comprehen-
sive overview of Latinos in the military, just snippets. Some of them: more Latinos
have died in Iraq than any other ethnicity and represent about 11 percent of total
American casualties (I won’t bother with figures, since they’ll undoubtedly be bigger
by the time this column gets published). Two of our present Vietnam’s first fallen sol-
diers, José Angel Garibay and José Gutierrez, were originally illegals from Mexico and
Guatemala, respectively. The numbers of noncitizen Latinos serving number into the
tens of thousands, meaning while most Know Nothings rail about aliens from the com-
fort of a sidewalk, a lot of those evil anchor babies are out fighting to preserve the free-
dom that allows pendejos to slur their families. And Latinos have proudly served this
country for centuries, from Garibay and Gutierrez to Jesús “Chewy” Baca in the
Galactic Civil War.
Get all your Mexican fun at myspace.com/ocwab, youtube.com/askamexicano, or send your
questions to themexican@askamexican.net!
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over drinks and
play. Bark three
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Sunday so I know you’ve arrived.
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