Dora Question?
Knit Chic
party and I would like to serve food from the area that they say that Dora
is from.
Thanks,
Teri
"Knit Chic" <jarka...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I *think* it's Puerto Rico ... I vaguely remember an episode where Dora's
Grandma had a cocoa tree in Puerto Rico (it's been years since my kids
watched). Hope someone else has a confirmation or a correction :-)
Teri
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nanner
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hee hee I am STILL singing that chocolate song!!
"Bate, bate Chocolate..."
Jen
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I'm still watching the damn show....
She's either Puerto Rican or Spanish. I'm not sure which.
Anything (apparently except nationality...) you'd ever want to know about
Dora.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_the_Explorer
Amanda
Good Luck!!
Amanda
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deja.blues
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http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2001/vol5n29/Nikelod-en.html"
The creators, Chris Gifford, Eric Weiner and Valerie Walsh, gave Dora no
distinct nationality, so that more viewers identify with her, but she has a
Hispanic look, uses Spanish words like "vamonos" ("let's go"), and has
adventures with a decidedly pan-Latin flavor. In one episode, for instance,
Dora and her monkey sidekick, Boots, help a "coqui," a small frog from
Puerto Rico, return to its native island so it can sing again."
It wouldn't be hard to make foods from a variety of Hispanic cultures. If
you've never had fried plantains, I highly recommend them.
enigma
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> It wouldn't be hard to make foods from a variety of
> Hispanic cultures. If you've never had fried plantains, I
> highly recommend them.
i love fried plaintains! however, getting good green
plantains up north here is next to impossible. most of what
shows up in the grocery (when they do appear, which is rare)
is way too ripe to make decent fried plantains.
lee <missing green coconut pudding too>
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Stara Baba
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I believe she is a generic hispanica/latina. But I think her language
is Mexican though I haven't heard or read for a long time.
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Stara Baba
"Jen" <jenn...@cogeco.NOSPAMca> wrote:
> She's either Puerto Rican or Spanish. I'm not sure which.
Not looking for a fight, but I'm inclined to think Mexican rather than
Spanish. Because of the many Mexican immigrants -- I don't think I've
ever run into a native Spaniard here. I do meet some South American
folks and Central Americans, but not Spaniards. JAT.
Tori M
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> In article <u%6yh.3461$4H1....@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net>,
> "Knit Chic" <jarka...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> What nationality is Dora from the Dora cartoon. DD wants a Dora birthday
>> party and I would like to serve food from the area that they say that
>> Dora
>> is from.
>> Thanks,
>
> I believe she is a generic hispanica/latina. But I think her language
> is Mexican though I haven't heard or read for a long time.
Tori
toto
>Mexico speaks Spanish.
>
Yes, but not generic Spanish. Mexico actually has several dialects of
Spanish. There spanish is definitely not Castillian Spanish. And,
it's different from the dialect spoken in Puerto Rico.
>Tori
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that can be heard unless someone listens ..
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Stara Baba
"Tori M" <I...@greewith.nan> wrote:
Sort of. :-) Akin to Americans speaking English.
Kat asked about nationality.
Tori M
> In article <a8GdnTgf1qv7YFTY...@centurytel.net>,
> "Tori M" <I...@greewith.nan> wrote:
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>> "Stara Baba" <fake...@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
>> news:fakename-749525...@news.iphouse.com...
>> > In article <u%6yh.3461$4H1....@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net>,
>> > "Knit Chic" <jarka...@aol.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> What nationality is Dora from the Dora cartoon. DD wants a Dora
>> >> birthday
>> >> party and I would like to serve food from the area that they say that
>> >> Dora is from.
>> >> Thanks,
>
>> > I believe she is a generic hispanica/latina. But I think her language
>> > is Mexican though I haven't heard or read for a long time.
>> Mexico speaks Spanish.
>>
>> Tori
>
> Sort of. :-) Akin to Americans speaking English.
> Kat asked about nationality.
well yeah.. Last night on american idol some girl told the camera Simon
should go back to British. Anyway you wouldnt say an Austrailian spoke
Austrailian or that an American Speaks American.. it is just accepted that
English is used to cover all the dialects. Who knows what those people down
south speak :P
Tori
Nan
>well yeah.. Last night on american idol some girl told the camera Simon
>should go back to British. Anyway you wouldnt say an Austrailian spoke
>Austrailian or that an American Speaks American.. it is just accepted that
>English is used to cover all the dialects. Who knows what those people down
>south speak :P
My mil speaks Okie <G>
And she's proud of it!
Nan
deja.blues
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> "deja.blues" <deja....@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:42cyh.1756$177.781@trndny08:
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>> It wouldn't be hard to make foods from a variety of
>> Hispanic cultures. If you've never had fried plantains, I
>> highly recommend them.
>
> i love fried plaintains! however, getting good green
> plantains up north here is next to impossible. most of what
> shows up in the grocery (when they do appear, which is rare)
> is way too ripe to make decent fried plantains.
>
> lee <missing green coconut pudding too>
In the last couple of years there has been an explosion of exotic produce
and other foods in our local markets - we even have an Assi Asian
supermarket a few miles away, though I've only gone there to buy Pocky and
gyoza.
Fried plantains are awesome and a very kid-friendly dish!
enigma
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> Fried plantains are awesome and a very kid-friendly dish!
i agree. *if* you can get good plantains. i don't think Ohio
gets any better plantains than NH does, which is to say...
yuck.
lee
Stara Baba
"Tori M" <I...@greewith.nan> wrote:
> "Stara Baba" <fake...@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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> > In article <a8GdnTgf1qv7YFTY...@centurytel.net>,
> > "Tori M" <I...@greewith.nan> wrote:
> >> Mexico speaks Spanish.
> >>
> >> Tori
> >
> > Sort of. :-) Akin to Americans speaking English.
> well yeah.. Last night on american idol some girl told the camera Simon
> should go back to British. Anyway you wouldnt say an Austrailian spoke
> Austrailian or that an American Speaks American..
No?
I've always had an interest in and an affinity for languages. I'd like
to talk to a linguist about what makes a language a language and not a
dialect of another language. Don't tell a Catalonian that they speak
Spanish. '-) Similar, but not quite.
> Tori
Mermaid
Stara Baba wrote:
> In article <l9OdnVgz9pc1i1fY...@centurytel.net>,
> "Tori M" <I...@greewith.nan> wrote:
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>>"Stara Baba" <fake...@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
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>>>In article <a8GdnTgf1qv7YFTY...@centurytel.net>,
>>>"Tori M" <I...@greewith.nan> wrote:
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>>>>Mexico speaks Spanish.
>>>>
>>>>Tori
>>>
>>>Sort of. :-) Akin to Americans speaking English.
>
>
>>well yeah.. Last night on american idol some girl told the camera Simon
>>should go back to British. Anyway you wouldnt say an Austrailian spoke
>>Austrailian or that an American Speaks American..
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> No?
> I've always had an interest in and an affinity for languages. I'd like
> to talk to a linguist about what makes a language a language and not a
> dialect of another language. Don't tell a Catalonian that they speak
> Spanish. '-) Similar, but not quite.
>
>
>>Tori
Oh there are some fascinating books on language and the historical
nature of culture. When a language dies it is so sad.
Anni
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