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Or was the Second Anglo-Afghan War actually fought in the Pyrenees?
Tag: andalusia
Chiquito de la Calzada’s trademark ‘rl’ suffix for words ending in ‘a’ or ‘o’
Is it a personal hiperandalucismo, or is there somewhere in Málaga where everyone speaks like this?
The Nicaraguan and Spanish characters compared
Bizarrely honest or honestly bizarre?
The lurch and fall of the Almería coast
Excerpts from Juan Goytisolo and Ramón Fernández Palmeral, with an epitaph from George Orwell.
Roddy Doyle’s niggers of Europe explained
Don’t claim national origins for yourselves without very carefully considering the possible consequences.
Going to the dogs
Vague musings on the past and present of hare coursing and greyhound racing in Spain.
Mosquitoes, alcohol and violence
A Catalan children’s song remembered by Francesc Candel; early rave culture on Central America’s eastern seaboard.
The coming and going of the gypsies
Yo, el vaquilla, quinqui cinema, and the usual political whining.
Elections (brothels, Nazis), corruption, Girona airport shuttle, an Andalusian lexicon
Link love for 05/06/2009.
Link sink for 26/05/2009
Was S Felipe Neri the original big swinging dick?