The Daily Weekly News, Politics, and Media

Afternoon 'Don't Forget Your Sunscreen' Edition
Posted May 16; 03:00 pm

Reverb Music & Nightlife

Too Many Shows Tonight
Posted May 16; 01:56 pm

Voracious Food News and Reviews

What's Better Than One Award-Winning Brewer?
Posted May 16; 04:11 pm

Thread Count Arts, People, and Style

Why We Need Daily Newspaper Arts Coverage
Posted May 16; 08:48 pm

Buzzer Beater Seattle Sports

Don't Drink And Drive a Golf Cart
Posted May 16; 05:51 pm


Slideshows

Newsletters

Stay up-to-date with the Seattle Weekly. We'll e-mail you a detailed rundown of what's on seattleweekly.com once a week.

Signing up is simple and you can opt out anytime. Give it a try.

Web Feeds

Use one of the buttons below to subscribe to Seattle Weekly's full Web feed. Or choose from our full list of Web feeds.

- For Newsreaders

- For Home Pages

Free Classifieds Seattle, WA

Mexicans? The More the Merrier!

By Gustavo Arellano

January 9, 2008

Dear Mexican,

I feel that the more Mexicans who come to this country, the better. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In our Book of Mormon, on p. 54, it says on the left side of the page in Verse 6: "There shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord." I want as many Mexicans in this country as possible, and then I want to tell them about Joseph Smith and get them baptized and enjoy the blessings of the temple.Love My Brown Brothers

Dear Gabacho,

Gracias for your welcoming heart, even if your ulterior motive is stealing Mexicans away from the Virgin of Guadalupe for a religion where Jell-O is the only allowable narcotic. So, can you do me a favor and ask Mitt Romney why he's such an ingrate toward Mexicans? After all, Romney would've probably been some Jack Mormon jerk-off if it weren't for porous fronteras and living in violation of a country's laws. His great-grandfather Miles Park Romney fled los Estados Unidos for Mexico during the 1880s to escape American authorities and continue his polygamous ways, while Mitt's papi, George, was born in Chihuahua and is therefore more Mexican than your typical Chicano studies major. Not only that, but Pancho Villa's troops were kind enough to not massacre Mormon colonies during the Mexican Revolution, thus allowing the infant George and his family to return home. One final point, Brown Brothers: Tell Mitt and all other Mexican-hating LDSers that The Book of Mormon requires amnesty for illegals. 2 Nephi 1:5 tells the saints that Lehi prophesized about America, "Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord." Hear that, Mitt?

How can a white guy learn how to type in Spanish? Not learn the language—how do you make the keyboard type Spanish characters?Carpal Tunnel Cabrón

Dear Gabacho,

To make an acute accent appear on a Mac, hold down the Option key, hit the E key, release Option, then type the vowel you want accented. Spanish's other diacritics get registered roughly the same way. An umlaut appears by pressing Option, hitting the U key, and then releasing Option. For upside-down exclamation points, hold down Option and hit the 1 key. An upside-down question mark is a bit trickier: Hold down Option plus Shift, then punch the question-mark key. ¿Comprende?

Microsoft Word is somewhat trickier. Upside-down exclamation points and question marks require you to push Control plus Alt plus Shift, then type whatever you want flipped around. Acute accents pop up after you hold down Control then hit the apostrophe key; release and type in your vowel. A tilde: Control+Shift+squiggly mark, release, then the letter N. Both Macs and Microsoft require you to hold the Shift key after executing the above instructions if you want a diacritic to top a capital letter. And remember, people: no grave accents in Spanish, or tildes on letters other than n—that's the domain of the mongrel tongue known as Portuguese.

garellano@seattleweekly.com

Comments (3)

Reader Comments

1. Comment by Helen — January 12, 2008 @ 5:11PM
Gracias for slamming Mitt Romney. I knew nothing about him when I watched the presidential republican debate, but his smugness repulsed me.
At least now I have a rational explanation to defend my gut instinct. Keep up the good work!
2. Comment by The Mexican — January 12, 2008 @ 9:36PM
The Mexican says: Gracias for the love!
3. Comment by Mike — March 25, 2008 @ 11:53AM
What is the best way to learn Spanish, without moving to Mexico? Is ther a method or book that seems to work better than others?
Thank you

* indicates required fields. Please enable browser cookies before filling out this form. All reader comments are subject to our Terms of Use. By clicking Add Comment, you acknowledge that you have reviewed and agree to these Terms.




(Characters are case sensitive)

Comments may take a few moments to process and appear on the site. Please do not click the "Add Comment" button again while your comment is being added.

More "Ask a Mexican"

More >>
Most 
Popular

I’m (Not) With Busey

News By Aimee Curl

Lunchbox Laboratory: Lab Coat Necessary

Food By Jonathan Kauffman

A Tea Two-fer

Food By Maggie Dutton

The Problems With Dr. Juice

News By Rick Anderson

The Intersection of Gentrification and Neglect

News By Mark D. Fefer

I’m (Not) With Busey

News By Aimee Curl

How to Stiff Immigrant Workers in Construction

News By Laura Onstot

The Problems With Dr. Juice

News By Rick Anderson

Salmon Caught in the Carbon Net

News By Brian Miller

Lunchbox Laboratory: Lab Coat Necessary

Food By Jonathan Kauffman
now click this

Travel
Pacific Northwest Getaways

Seattle Home Search
1000's of Listings and Detailed Neighborhood Information

Seattle Weekly Online Career Fair!
Where People & Jobs Find Each Other.

Sound Living ®
Seattle Metro Real Estate


To Do List

Friday, May 16

Bike to Work Day
We need Bike to Work Day for the same reason we need Mother’s Day, or ... More>>
City Hall, Fri., May 16, 7:30am

Clinic, Shearwater
Clinic bears an unfortunate, much-mentioned resemblance to the Beatles—... More>>
Neumo's, Fri., May 16, 8:00pm, $13 adv

Nas, D. Black, Grynch, DJ Nphared
How will Nas top his declaration that a nuclear winter had smothered hip-ho... More>>
Showbox SODO, Fri., May 16, 8:30pm, $37.40 adv./$40

164 more things to do today>>
Find a Restaurant

 
A work of love from charismatic man-about-town Waid Sainvil, Waid's is the only Haitian restaurant o...
Off the Delridge Way exit from the West Seattle Bridge, Skylark Cafe & Club is a genuine blue-collar...
The Northlake Tavern is proud to tell you that its small pie weighs more than two-and-a-half pounds ...
Entering Can Can is like walking into Moulin Rouge—not the Parisian tourist trap, the Baz Luhrmann m...
Find a Concert

Friday, May 16
Our Top Picks

Clinic, Shearwater
More>>
Fri., May 16, 12:00am, $13 adv

Nas, D. Black, Grynch, DJ Nphared
More>>
Fri., May 16, 12:00am, $37.40 adv./$40

Roy Loney, the Tripwires, the Fucking Eagles
More>>
Fri., May 16, 12:00am, $8

39 more shows today>>
Check out our Digital Jukebox!
Find a Movie

Find a Theater

Find a Club

The groan-inducingly named Thai One On in Lake City dims its lights and switches on the speakers at ...
Seattle resident Gabe Morgan was once in a constant mental, physical, and psychological battle with ...
I haven't eaten much steak this summer because I'm usually broke. When I discovered Ozzie's Wednesda...
Pure, unadulterated joy is the look permanently affixed to the face of a man doing the mambo to the ...
It's Saturday night between 10th and 11th on Pike Street, Capitol Hill's bustling new epicenter. The...
national

Headlines from Coast to Coast

SF Weekly

Viva Farolito!

Former pros from Latin America help make an "amateur" soccer team unstoppable. More >>

Village Voice

The Barely Legal Empire of Tony Alamo

A nutty polygamist pastor rebuilds his church--with help from New Yorkers. More >>

Miami New Times

Love is No Contract

A Florida man sues his girlfriend-for dumping him. More >>

Houston Press

The Myth of the Bachelor's Degree

A growing number of educators face a hard truth: not every kid is college material. More >>