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June 2, 2004
Global Culture

The cultures of the world are indeed slowly merging. At least in San Francisco's Richmond district. Today, at a restaurant called "Americana" which advertises itself as specializing in Vietnamese and Italian cuisine (seriously!), I heard a man say Shi Shi, Amigo. Or, "thanks buddy" in a heretofore unknown language I'm going to predictably refer to as Chinespanol.
Posted at 6:21 PM
Category: Society