In a recent interview with People magazine, retroacculturated Latina actress Eva Longoria recalled how, as the darkest of four sisters, she was constantly referred to as “La prieta faya” [sic], which then the magazine translates as “the ugly dark one.”
Either Mrs. Longoria’s family flunked Spanish in junior high (faya is not a real word; I want to believe she meant “fea”) or she actually said “fea” but People’s editors didn’t bother to have sister mag People en Español help with the spell check.
Either way, the whole thing looks very “faya” to me. And don’t get me started on the “dark ugly one” part. I will let that one for you to munch on.
Ay, ay, ay!
May 8, 2008 at 3:07 pm |
She looks like a “shoe shine” person if you ask me (or Rush Limbaugh) Or shall I say: It is Villaraigosa who should be called El Prieto Fayo
May 8, 2008 at 9:54 pm |
Que falla la de People en lo de faya!