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    Aug132008
    DateWednesday, August 13

    Sign of the Times: Construction Spanglish

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    I was in Builders Booksource bookstore in Berkeley the other day and there was this “dictionary” for speaking “construction Spanglish”.

    Next to it was a laminated gatefold pamphlet with point-and-tell diagrams for putting up sheetrock, with English and Spanish captions.

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