-I've met a number of mexicans in Spain and as I said, they don't speak a lick of english). This is a bizzare aspect of american dialects that the author doesn't seem to observe, least of all to analyze. Similar issues exist in terms of syntax, like saying "to have an orgasm" as in english, when in spanish it's properly said "to achieve orgasm". The second half of the book, is presented as a "spanglish" lexicon although many of the words listed have neither a derivation in english nor spanish, they're simply words that immigrants from different hispanic countries made up when they got to the US. Perfectly legitimate, but perhaps not aptly titled "spanglish", perhaps it should be called "HispanUSA" instead. Lastly, the lexicon section only has so called "spanglish" words and their english translations. If the proper castillian usage was also listed, at least it might help speakers of different spanish dialects understand each other better, making the book considerably more useful. It is, after all, not just about Mexico, Spain and Puerto Rico. There is lots of geography and are hundreds of dialects. Better luck with the revised edition.