Rebecca Cuningham – Fake Flamenco

How Do You Say Waffle in Spanish?

Hmm, it didn’t sound right to say, el wafle, as several books and translation sites suggested. When dictionaries came up empty on this breakfast essential, we invented a name. Once the term stuck, I learned that Spaniards use the word el gofre. En nuestra casa es pan cuadrado – In our home it’s bread of […]

blogging, Humor, writing

3 Ways to Detect and Deflect Hackers

Is your website safe from evil hackers? If you’re wonderblogger, you’ve a secure password and the double authentication feature that sends a magic passcode to your phone. Great! Is it enough to protect your cybercastle? I’d say no. With both those moats in place, sneaky invaders have attacked my castle and attempted to ransack my […]

archeology, Spanish Culture and Language

Dr. Martinez Strikes Gold

Martínez knew that no Latin American team had ever been granted an excavation permit in Egypt. No Egyptian she met had ever heard of the Dominican Republic. Did she have a chance to lead a project in that arid land? In order to seek permission to excavate in Egypt, groups are herded into Dr. Hawass’ […]

blogging, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Thank You, Dear Readers!

Un beso, a kiss; happy salutations Fake Flamenco readers! Our blog has 200 followers as of today. I did a jump for joy this morning when I saw the good news. What a great summer connecting with you in the UK, Australia, España, Chile, India, the USA and around the world. I’m enjoying getting to […]

blogging, Liebster Award, Spanish Culture and Language

And the Liebster Award Goes To…

I am honored to announce Fake Flamenco’s second blogging commendation, the Liebster Award. Thank you to Beth at Pilgrimage Studio for her nomination. Gracias to you, readers, for your supportive feedback these seventeen months! The Liebster Award helps good blogs get deserved attention so more followers discover them. Lieb is the German word for kind, […]

bilingual, Spanish Culture and Language

5 Tips for Raising a Bilingual Child

You took a lot of German in college, or you studied a year abroad in Mexico City. How do you pass the benefits of your hard work onto your kids? Here are my thoughts on bilingual parenting, after ten years as a Spanish- and English-speaking mom. Growing up, I studied Spanish for 12 years. That’s […]