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researched the use and etymologies of many of the words and phrases I’ve used here. It was very interesting for me to discover how many Cubanisms are derived not just from Spain, but from Africa and from the indigenous tribes of Cuba, the Taíno and Siboney. Indeed, the enormous influence of Africa extends to almost everything in everyday Cuban life, from language to music to cooking to dancing to dressing.

There are many excellent Cubanisms that have not been included here. As soon as this book is published, I expect that I will receive many messages asking me how I could have forgotten to include this word or that word. Or that I am totally wrong about this, that, or the other thing. I have no doubt that this will happen because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a Cuban in possession of an opinion must be in want of an audience.

I hope that you will enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Pedro García-Menocal

Miami Beach, Florida