tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435593074756976622.post984042992959476055..comments2015-10-19T22:21:33.125-04:00Comments on ¿Qué Pasa, Miami?: Growing Up Spanglish: Part UnoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435593074756976622.post-1553399881594972972012-06-29T10:27:16.734-04:002012-06-29T10:27:16.734-04:00I know that I'm not technically Cuban since I ...I know that I'm not technically Cuban since I was born in the U.S., but those of us who were born to Cuban parents here have always called ourselves Cuban-American. To say that we're American with Cuban parents doesn't feel right because the Cuban side is part of our identity, not a footnote. In fact, these hyphenated terms are commonly used to refer not just to American citizens born in another country, but also to American-born people who trace their nationality to another country. For example, Irish-Americans or Italian-Americans weren't necessarily born in Ireland or Italy.<br /><br />Anyway, sorry that it took me ages to approve your comment! I've been too busy for the blog lately, but I hope to get back into it. :o}Me-Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017325021739690352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435593074756976622.post-5794762708145952502012-05-04T09:09:23.615-04:002012-05-04T09:09:23.615-04:00You can't say your Cuban-American if you were ...You can't say your Cuban-American if you were born in Miami,doesn't make sense.I was born in Cuba but raised in Miami so that would be more on the terms of Cuban-American.Anyway,yeah flying cockroaches are called Palmetto bugs,I remember those too clearly.And true Miami is not a paradise,wish is was though,cause I miss it though I moved out of MIA 10 yrs ago.But hey every city has it's good as well as its bad side,and Miami was never really all that bad.I miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com