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As I've written before, Mexicans love the Warner Bros. caricaturas - custodians of Cervantes: I know that this isn't the exact translation of the Spanish word for animated cartoons, but this is the word mami y papi used to describe them, so vayanse a la chingada
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As I've written before, Mexicans love the Warner Bros. caricaturas - custodians of Cervantes: I know that this isn't the exact translation of the Spanish word for animated cartoons, but this is the word mami y papi used to describe them, so vayanse a la chingada
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It is common to be affectionate with strangers, and call them "mi amor" (my love) or "mami" (honey).
Sasha Cagen: Reconciling the Sweetness of the Colombian People with Their Violent History Sasha Cagen 2010
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It is common to be affectionate with strangers, and call them "mi amor" (my love) or "mami" (honey).
Sasha Cagen: Reconciling the Sweetness of the Colombian People with Their Violent History Sasha Cagen 2010
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Her mami was a problem she didn’t want to deal with today.
Sex and the South Beach Chicas Caridad Pineiro 2006
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At first, her mami was the quiet little mouse she’d taught her daughter to be, unobtrusively watching what happened, darting out occasionally to do as Juli had asked, and after, scurrying back to a corner or out-of-the-way place to do other chores while she watched.
Sex and the South Beach Chicas Caridad Pineiro 2006
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* Welcome to sheik yer'mami's cultural awareness program: soon coming to a street near you!
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VivirLatino (run by a mami blogger) discusses health care in immigration detention centers, or the lack there of health care in immigration detention centers;
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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VivirLatino (run by a mami blogger) discusses health care in immigration detention centers, or the lack there of health care in immigration detention centers;
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Therefore, it makes sense--with everyone seeking a way to connect to Latino audiences these days--that so many have latched on to the archetype of the Latino family, and, within that, the idealized Latina mami.
Galina Espinoza: The Myth Of The Latina Mami Galina Espinoza 2011
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