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White guys have big noses and other non-linguistic language lessons

October 7, 2014by expatlingo 20 Comments

I smell chocolate whenever I muddle through simple Spanish conversations. My eternal thanks for this delicious associative memory is due to an old Spanish textbook, Churros y chocolate, and its luscious cultural […]

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