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August 29, 2013 | Philologos
About the author: Philologos, the renowned Jewish-language columnist, appears twice a month in Mosaic. Questions for him may be sent to his email address by clicking here.

Four hundred years after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, a British travel writer was able to discover the true, secret identity of a Spanish wayfarer just by hearing his accent.

Read more on Forward: http://forward.com/articles/182751/how-to-recognize-a-secret-spanish-jew-by-his-marra/?p=all