Re: CHAT: "La Bandera Estrellada"

Danny Wier <dawier@...> wrote:

>... The theme being unity in diversity, this convention
>featured African- and Asian-American speakers, and something I am SO
>GLAD has finally come -- a Hispanic presence!
I saw a part of that in CNN. Standing from the outside, I can't
really tell, but do you think that was for the show only, or was
it sincere (whatever *that* means in politics)?

>Anyway, I better ask -- is there an "official" Spanish version of "The
>Star-Spangled Banner"?  (The Democrats better come up with one quick if
>they want to outdo the GOP....)

I'd like to see that... I'll think I'll try to translate Argentina's
national anthem into some language of mine, to see what it looks like.
I'm glad a part of the most powerful nation in the world is finally
acknowledging diversity; I'd like to see if it's the first step towards
natural acceptance of (irrelevant) differences, or just an "ethnic fashion".

BTW, did you know that "estrellada" means "crashed" as well as "starred"? ;)
(I think that's a visual image involved in there; drop an egg on the floor
and see what shape it takes...)


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