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  • Collection: N. Roxboro St., Durham, NC

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This common automotive parts and accessories store located beside "Tenochtitlan Auto Care" boasts bilingual signs. The English text is prominently displayed in bold, alternating yellow and red fonts, while the Spanish text is situated underneath in a…

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While the name of the shop is in English (Pascual car audio), the descriptions on the window are in both english and spanish.

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Although the name of the store is El Vaquero it still has an English description to ensure the nature of the store is understood.

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This is a welcome sign for two congregations which share a church building. One offers services in English, while the other offers services in Spanish.

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"La movida" is colloquial Spanish meaning "scene", or an area of activity. An understanding of this quality of the nightclub is unavailable to non-Spanish speakers.

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The pawn shop includes descriptions of their services in spanish primarily with english off to the other side not facing the road.

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Unlike other stores seen this hair salon has everything in Spanish. This could be due to their market only being spanish speakers.

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Were it not for the illustration indicating that Peluqueria Jocelyn's offers haircuts, non-Spanish speakers would be largely excluded from interacting with this sign. The presence of English is subtle, found only as a possessive clitic in…

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This spanish church was located just about a block down the street from an English church.
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