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Posts in category Spanish-Speaking World
The Spanish Royal Academy versus the French Academy
The Spanish Language Academy could teach the French a thing or two. In his latest column in Quebec daily Le Devoir, Jean-Benoît Nadeau explains how the …
The Rise of the Spanish Speaker
Excerpt taken from El Tiempo Latino. Op-ed by Alberto Avendano As author Julie Barlow once told me: “It is not only about Hispanics speaking Spanish, …
Antonio de Nebrija Writes First Grammar in the History of Spanish
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie Barlow In the history of Spanish, it’s hard to imagine a character more important than Antonio de Nebrija. In the …
Korason or Corazón?
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie Barlow Depends on what you are speaking. Both mean, “heart.” In Spanish, the spelling is corazón. But if you …
Who Knew the Calgary Stampede Was Spanish?
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie Barlow Spanish might be the last thing people in Calgary, Alberta, were thinking of while they celebrated their annual …
The Rise of Spanish
Recently, The Story of Spanish was featured in The Economist’s Books and Arts section. The Story of Spanish. By Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow. St Martin’s Press; …
The Story of Spanish: Now in Bookstores
Today’s the day! More than three years after we started researching and writing The Story of Spanish, it’s finally in stores (and available on Amazon, …
Cinco de Mayo No Hecho en México, Actually
Published in The Wall Street Journal Cinco is as American as apple pie. So is the U.S. Hispanic melting pot? By Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie …
Nuevo Mundo Interviews Nadeau & Barlow
Nuevo Mundo Television host Ginella Díaz interviewed Julie and Jean-Benoît about the making of The Story of Spanish for the show La Voz Latina in Spanish. …