Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for May 04, 2015

¿Quién pudiera ser? (Who could it be?)

Well that’s helpfully specific…

Now you’re all suspects…….

Foreshadowing, I suspect, so habla Inglés, and quickly now. Of course, 3 old men playing dominoes in the park aren’t a real threat to anybody, but I’m guessing we’re about to get a civics lesson.

At first, I thought there was an error and Go Comics give usthe Spanish version of this strip! [Chuckle]

Please pardon my ignorance, but what is the gentleman in the green shirt saying? I looked up “Que gusto verle” but get results for “verte”. Is this a different form of a verb (I assume verb here) or is this a spelling error in the strip (hey, that happens sometimes: “Jump Start” had ‘costumers’ instead of ‘customers’). Just asking. And thank you.

I suspect all three of them are Hispanic. What’s the point, officer?

Uh oh!

Que gusto verte – Nice to see you

Maybe it was a misspelling

verle is more …like good to see ‘thee’. old fashioned. like como estas tu? and como esta usted?

this how stuff like Ferguson and Baltimore start.

It shows that Hispanic doesn’t have a specific look. That’s why Sergio is scratching his head. I doubt they are going to be suspects.

look out

Yes, so sad that they’ve never shown Sergio speaking English. And that people assume that people who move to their childhood primary language when in groups of people who speak it don’t belong in the country. Wergio made sure his kids are fluent in English. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be able to visit Latin America and be as lost as the average non-Hispanic American, especially if visiting relatives.

Black friend once told me semi-funny story – he was driving to work and saw a fellow breaking into a store. He called 911 and the dispatch asked, “Does he look black or Hispanic?” (We all know he couldn’t be an Anglo….)

Qué Tal…aren’t they the folks who used to sell records on TV? :-)

What do you call a man (like Sergio or his friends) who speaks two languages?Bi-lingual.What do you call a man who speaks THREE languages?TRI-lingual.What do you call a man who speaks only one language?An American.