Ay luv Miami!!!
What’s it like to live in a bilingual, bicultural city? Well, life isn’t evenly divided between the two languages and two cultures. Sometimes, it doesn’t even seem quite fair. I was having breakfast at Little Havana’s famed Versailles early this morning when I spotted one of life’s little inequities. (See photos). Looking at the menu I noticed that if you order bacon in English, you get four pieces for $1.95. If you order bacon in Spanish, you get three pieces for the same $1.95. I thought this was so funny that I took photos. (Actually, the funny part was probably me taking photos of a laminated menu at 7:30 in the morning…) I asked the manager about the discrepancy and he didn’t quite believe me so he brought over a menu. Sure enough, I was right. He had his laugh for the morning but he also assured me that “no importa el idioma; siempre te damos por lo menos cuatro o cinco pedazos de bacon.”
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June 10th, 2009 a las 6:01 pm
No respetan al latino…
June 10th, 2009 a las 6:20 pm
Wow! The conspiracy is spreading to the sausages. Which side dish will be next?
June 11th, 2009 a las 5:14 am
Look at it the other way — it could be a conspiracy to harm English speakers. As much as I love pork, an excess of that stuff can’t be good for you, right?