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Thursday, January 29, 2004
 
There is no Single Spanish Language

"Fourth-Grader Scales Language Heights"

When Solmarie started school, she found that her Spanish was different from that of many of her classmates who came from Mexico. Puerto Ricans have several words that aren’t spoken by Mexicans, Albelo said.

For example, the Puerto Rican word for “beans” is “habichuela,” but in Mexico, people say “frijoles.”


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