Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net> wrote:
>On 12 Jan 2005 00:32:10 GMT, Jordan Abel
> <jmabel@purdue.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 2005-01-10, Luba Luft <luba.luft@gmx.net> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:36:07 -0500, "Julie P." <jporpiglia@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>There is a new TV commercial featuring a masked pro wrestler eating at
>>>>McDonalds. Part of the commercial is in Spanish.
>>>>
>>>>1) Who is that masked celebrity? Does he wrestle for the WWE?
>>> The wrestler may be Mexican. Wrestling ist rather popular in Mexico,
>>> too.
>>>>
>>>>2) Why is the commercial part English/part Spanish? What purpose does that
>>>>serve?
>>> I'd guess that McDonalds would like to appeal to its Mexican
>>> customers/customers of Mexican origin.
>>
>> Why then is it part english?
>
>Where is this commercial aired? If it's in the USA, there are a lot
>of places where both English and Spanish are used (California for
>example) and people are familiar with both languages. People in that
>sort of area could be expected to follow both languages and to be used
>to them being mixed (certainly my friends in southern California often
>mix Spanish words with their English).
I've seen it in North Carolina, but I've also spoken with recent Latin
American immigrants who jokingly call Chapel Hill the "nearest part of
Mexico." No doubt the Latino population is growing rapidly; it feels
like every time a store front becomes available around here the new
tenants are Latinos.
But I see relatively few patronizing McDonald's. Burger King, OTOH,
has more than once run local shops where NO employees spoke English.
Gregor
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