Friday, March 16, 2007

the urge to speak

I have this overwhelming urge to speak spanish everywhere I go. Phoenix has a 34.1 percent Hispanic/Latino population (2000 census). And that is probably just counting the people that are here legally, so I'm sure the number is higher. I hear and see Spanish everywhere. I've noticed chili candies and panederias and lavanderias and apple soda and a lot of things are bilingual. There are Spanish radio and TV channels. It's a nice transition coming here before going home.

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