{"id":11409,"date":"2020-10-20T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=11409"},"modified":"2021-01-24T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:31:00","slug":"no-love-no-tacos-where-and-how-the-viral-slogan-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/no-love-no-tacos-where-and-how-the-viral-slogan-started\/","title":{"rendered":"no love, no tacos: where and how the viral slogan started"},"content":{"rendered":"
given the historically imperious<\/em><\/strong><\/a> attitude of the u.s. toward<\/a> mexico it’s a little amazing that nobody thought to say no love, no tacos<\/strong><\/em> before now. frankly, \u00a0it’s a response that was long overdue<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. and it originated in iowa! i’m filled with mexican and iowan pride<\/a>. 😂<\/div>\n
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an article by gustavo valdes<\/strong> on cnn.com<\/strong><\/a> reports…<\/div>\n

la carreta has been serving<\/em> mexican food for 20 years in marshalltown, a small community about 50 miles northeast of des moines [the capital of iowa]. alfonso medina took over<\/em> the family restaurant business a couple of years ago. his parents migrated<\/em> from mexico more than three decades ago and he was born<\/em> in iowa..[medina says he was] made in mexico, delivered<\/em> in the u.s.<\/h4>\n

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alfonso medina serving food to his customers in la carreta (sara jordan-heintz, marshalltown times republican)<\/em><\/h5>\n
has been serving<\/strong><\/em> is present perfect continuous<\/strong><\/a>. la carreta opened for business 20 years ago and is still open today. has<\/em> and been<\/em> are both auxiliary verbs. take over<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means assume control<\/em>. the word migrate<\/strong><\/em> is very similar to migrar<\/em> in spanish, but the “i” is pronounced differently–MY-great<\/em> is the correct pronunciation. listen to the pronunciation of migrate<\/em> here<\/a>. born<\/strong><\/em> is an adjective. it needs to be used with the verb be<\/em><\/strong>, e.g. he born in iowa<\/em> is a mistake. deliver<\/em><\/strong> is often translated to spanish as entregar<\/em>, but its application to birth<\/em> in english does NOT translate to spanish.<\/div>\n
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in august, alfonso put this sign at the entrance of la carreta’s parking lot<\/div>\n
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anger over this sign lit up alfonso medina’s social\u00a0media\u00a0 (cnn)<\/i><\/h5>\n
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fun esl practice <\/a>\":)\"<\/a> richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
then…<\/div>\n

not long after<\/em>, his social media feed lit up<\/em> with criticism about the sign and he even<\/em> received a few letters. but one such<\/em> letter caught his attention. it was typed with no return address or signature. they addressed him by name and accused him of caving in<\/em> to political correctness, but they also called him a leftist<\/em> marxist… the letter also has a handwritten<\/em> part expressing disappointment la carreta decided to display a sign that insults and disrespects christianity and america.<\/h4>\n

not long after<\/em><\/strong> means a little later<\/em>.\u00a0even<\/em><\/strong><\/a> emphasizes the fact that medina got letters in addition to social media response. such<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means of that type<\/em>. cave in<\/strong><\/em> means do what is requested or expected<\/em>. leftist<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means politically liberal. <\/em>handwritten <\/em><\/strong>means part of the letter was written with a pen<\/em>, not digitally printed like the rest of the letter. light up\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>indicates a high level of activity or a metaphorical explosion. like in the lyrics of bts’ huge hit dynamite<\/em><\/strong>. u can hear (ima<\/a>) light it up like dynamite<\/em> several times.<\/p>\n