Comments on: Bud Light’s Latest (and Awful) Spanish Language Advertisements in the NYC Subway System http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/ Which Just Might Be Never Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: OLEIDI http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-127 OLEIDI Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:38:47 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-127 DUDE, I think u might work for MIller and u don;t have sense of humor. <em>L-K: DUDE, I think you might work for Amheuser-Busch: your grammar sure looks like it. And my sense of humor is quite spectacular; I laugh at things that are actually *gasps* funny. </em> DUDE,

I think u might work for MIller and u don;t have sense of humor.

L-K: DUDE, I think you might work for Amheuser-Busch: your grammar sure looks like it. And my sense of humor is quite spectacular; I laugh at things that are actually *gasps* funny.

]]> By: Guillermo http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-60 Guillermo Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:04:37 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-60 Pase me un Tecate... Pase me un Tecate…

]]> By: Yolanda Santiago http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-49 Yolanda Santiago Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:31:26 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-49 Oh, get over it. I'm Puerto Rican and I think they're great. It shows that a company is reaching the people where they live, the way they speak. I dont' drink beer, but I thought the ads were funny. Why be so serious? <em>L-K: No, I don't have to get over it. If you like them, fine, I'm glad you understood them (because most people I know, like I said, didn't understand the full content of the ads). But, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't put out similar ads in Ebonics (although GORDO highlighted a good point with the "Wazzup" videos). And if you're didn't read my post well, although it did bother me and it shows, my posts are sarcasm-laced. Don't like? Oh well...</em> Oh, get over it. I’m Puerto Rican and I think they’re great. It shows that a company is reaching the people where they live, the way they speak. I dont’ drink beer, but I thought the ads were funny.

Why be so serious?

L-K: No, I don’t have to get over it. If you like them, fine, I’m glad you understood them (because most people I know, like I said, didn’t understand the full content of the ads). But, I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t put out similar ads in Ebonics (although GORDO highlighted a good point with the “Wazzup” videos). And if you’re didn’t read my post well, although it did bother me and it shows, my posts are sarcasm-laced. Don’t like? Oh well…

]]> By: mcentellas http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-44 mcentellas Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:34:34 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-44 As a frequent Spanglish speaker (I also speak "proper" English & Spanish) I can tell you that "parking" and "building" are used in Spanglish. Actually, "parking" is used in Latin American Spanish very widely. I know it's not proper Spanish. But most Americans don't speak Queen's English, either. As a frequent Spanglish speaker (I also speak “proper” English & Spanish) I can tell you that “parking” and “building” are used in Spanglish. Actually, “parking” is used in Latin American Spanish very widely.

I know it’s not proper Spanish. But most Americans don’t speak Queen’s English, either.

]]> By: Follow-Up #1: The Anheuser-Busch “Spanish” Ads Saga Continues… « Under Construction…Until I Say So http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-39 Follow-Up #1: The Anheuser-Busch “Spanish” Ads Saga Continues… « Under Construction…Until I Say So Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:46:10 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-39 [...] Anheuser-Busch “Spanish” Ads Saga Continues… As Randy Paul mentioned in the comment section of my initial post on the Bud Light ads, there is an additional ad in the Bud Light series that I [...] [...] Anheuser-Busch “Spanish” Ads Saga Continues… As Randy Paul mentioned in the comment section of my initial post on the Bud Light ads, there is an additional ad in the Bud Light series that I [...]

]]> By: anon http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-38 anon Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:25:00 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-38 You could be right about arroz con pollo being a stereotype, but I will say that it was the focus of many lessons of mine when I took Spanish in high school. You could be right about arroz con pollo being a stereotype, but I will say that it was the focus of many lessons of mine when I took Spanish in high school.

]]> By: latinopundit http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-37 latinopundit Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:00:23 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-37 LMAOOOOOOOOO LMAOOOOOOOOO

]]> By: Randy Paul http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-36 Randy Paul Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:49:11 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-36 How about this one i saw the other day: "Tan bueno como encontrar un parking en frente al building." Not content to butcher Spanish, now they're trying their hand at Spanglish. The mind reels. How about this one i saw the other day: “Tan bueno como encontrar un parking en frente al building.”

Not content to butcher Spanish, now they’re trying their hand at Spanglish. The mind reels.

]]> By: Ezra Klein http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-35 Ezra Klein Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:42:13 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-35 <strong>Spanglish - Really Bad Spanglish</strong> By Randy Paul of Beautiful Horizons Seen on the New York City Subway among several Bud Light ads allegedly in Spanish, one with the following text: Tan bueno como encontrar un parking en frente al building Good God. I have Spanglish – Really Bad Spanglish

By Randy Paul of Beautiful Horizons Seen on the New York City Subway among several Bud Light ads allegedly in Spanish, one with the following text: Tan bueno como encontrar un parking en frente al building Good God. I have

]]> By: It’s Not the Onion? Really? I Could Have Sworn… « Under Construction…Until I Say So http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-33 It’s Not the Onion? Really? I Could Have Sworn… « Under Construction…Until I Say So Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:26:29 +0000 http://lucikali.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/bud-lights-latest-and-awful-spanish-language-advertisement/#comment-33 [...] out the ignorance and generalization, just as I did for the Bud Light ads: there is no such thing as a consistent pattern of Latin culture. There is no such thing as a [...] [...] out the ignorance and generalization, just as I did for the Bud Light ads: there is no such thing as a consistent pattern of Latin culture. There is no such thing as a [...]

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