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The First Words Ever Written in the Spanish Language

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The Condé Nast Traveler magazine has a travel blog up about Wendy Perrin’s travels through Spain.
She visits the Monasterio de Yuso in San Millán, an important pilgrimage site with many claims to fame, and finds the first words ever written in the Spanish language!
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Flirting in Spanish

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In Spain and Latin American countries, interactions between men and women differ somewhat from North American countries. “Machismo,” or excessive masculinity, has traditionally been a part of Spanish and other Latin American cultures. However, this attitude is changing as time goes by.
Even so, cultural standards will still be noticeably different for, say, a Canadian in […]