In Pardon My Spanglish, stand-up comedian Bill Santiago chronicles the quintessentially American alegrías of his mother tongue: the quirky, hilariously improvisational fusion of inglés and español spoken by millions (even if they don’t know or admit que están doing it). With crash-course efficiency, cada página de este libro empowers your every step toward Spanglish mastery. How can you not love Spanglish? Twice the vocabulary, half the grammar!

Readers will learn:

• The outlaw syntax of Spanglish (as observed by a comedian with no formal training in linguistics whatsoever)

• Advanced tricks of Spanglish conjugation (“to google”: Yo googleo, tú googleas, nosotros googleamos)

• The Top 10 Best Things About Being Latino (#6: Guaranteed part in high school production of “West Side Story”)

• Why “People en Español” should simply be called “Gente”

• Handy corporate Spanglish phrases, such as “Feliz hump day”

• The Seven Malas Costumbres of Highly Effective Spanglish Speakers

• The difference between Walter Cronkite and Walter Mercado

• How to take your chisme to the next level

The secret Spanglish agenda of Dora the Explorer

¡And mucho más!

And if you don’t speak any Spanish, no problemo! This book has been gringo-proofed for your enjoyment too! Pardon My Spanglish is essential reading for Latinos—and the Latino-curious.