Brittany Luce

So I was having a conversation with my group mates about how Puerto Rican Spanish is famously hard to understand for many people, but because my husband is Puerto Rican, I feel like I actually understand other types of Spanish.

More easily.

Then the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show must have been kind of glorious for you both.

Listen, when I tell you, it put a fire under these buns, okay?

Were you like sprinting around the living room?

Listen, I cried.

So that's the first thing.

I'm not Puerto Rican.

I was crying.

having so much Puerto Rican history and culture be kind of packed into that presentation, it really did give me actually a greater like appreciation for the opportunity that I have to like not just learn Spanish, but to also learn Puerto Rican Spanish specifically.

Like I just felt like way more connected to it, I think.

But also like doing this with you, like trading these notes, this has made me feel very connected and inspired to like my greater language goals.

And also like,

Being in that room in the conversation group, and I'm curious if you felt this when you went to your library in D.C., it was amazing to see so many people interested in immersing themselves in another language and potentially another culture.

That's why I let out such a gasp when I turned the corner to see that many people playing Mahjong.

I don't know.

I was really amazed.

It's amazing what you're doing.

Back at you, Emily.

Back at you.