you hear Spanglish all the time

I have friends who speak mostly English at work or school and only Spanish at home. In fact I knew a girl at work who knew less Spanish than I did because her parents wanted her to be "American" and have less problems than they did. So she is one of the few who does NOT speak any Spanglish.

but for the children of Spanish speaking families it is only natural to get some cross over when you speak both every day.

I hear it because I live in a city that has a large Mexian population and know some do the routine of speak Spanish at home and English at school.

examples:

you see your friends and say"

"como estas, I saw you the other day"

and

"going out to hanguear (hang out) at the mol (mall)"

"hora de lonche" (lunch hour).

it can be confusing though.

carpeta for carpet in Spanglish when alfombra is Spanish for carpet and "carpeta" in spanish means "folder"

since it is a combination of English and Spanish it is regional just as Louisiana Cajun which had 7 dialects at one time.

Just as "Los Angeles" Spanish has different idioms than Castillan which has different colloquilaisms from Spanish in Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina etc.

if you want to hear it in use watch some shows on the Spanish language stations.

a good example is "Reventon" on the Mun2 cable channel hosted by Yarel Ramos.

She is a second generation Mexican American who uses it with interviews...here is one intro.

"Aqui estamos con Francisco y Sergio, and I'm at Angel Station en el Dub Show. Guys, how's it going?"

and here are with Francisco and Sergio ........on the Dub Show

Mun2 is great for current latino music. it is where Atrevete te te and Suavete were introduced in Cali.

you can listen to most of the current Spanish language hits from North and South America.

Some of our California cities and towns have areas where Spanish is more prevalent than English.

Have to be careful of the courses they teach in school because many of them teach Castillian and the Spanish of Spain is not the same as what we have here just as English in Britain or Austraila has differences from "American".

some of the idiomatic phrases that we share have different meanings and that applies to Spanish.

Uhm..ok..

I would think some ppl would get frustrated if Spanglish became more prevalent because you are excluding more people from understanding. You must know both Spanish and English in order to comprehend fully, not one or the other. Just an observation.

I hate spanglish i really do hate it, even tho i m latino and i lived in the states aghhhhSolid_Tango

Uhm..ok..Xx_Hopeless_xX

[QUOTE="Solid_Tango"]I hate spanglish i really do hate it, even tho i m latino and i lived in the states aghhhhRTUUMM

Spanglish is a fine film, Adam Sandler is great in it. Paz Vega only makes it better.Neon-Tiger

After 3 years of Spanish class, I usually greet someone with "Hola, como estas?". I'll also switch to spanish mid sentence if the spanish word is the first word that comes to mind (for instance, when I want to say "My Grandparents are coming" I may say "And tomorrow, mis abuelos are coming")

Do Canada residents struggle with Frenglish?Engrish_Major

I dont mind inserting a SPanish word into an English sentence or two, but mixing the words together is just idiotic.

Engrish is a much better ranguage to rearn than Spangrish. I hear some peopre even choose it as their major in correge.

I live in canada so I rarely hear any spanglish just out in public, but I watch a lot of american shows that have it, like the old george lopez sitcom. I actually understand some spanish because of him and dora the explorer.XilePrincess

Butchering the English language while at the same time trying to indoctrinate us in their Language.

I had a buddy in high school that used spanglish with his parents. His mom would call him and yell at him and he would talk back in spanglish. It was hilarious. wstfld

Butchering the English language while at the same time trying to indoctrinate us in their Language.

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Butchering the English language while at the same time trying to indoctrinate us in their Language.

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I wonder what its called when people cross English with Hindi cos I hear that all the time Wolls

Butchering the English language while at the same time trying to indoctrinate us in their Language.

Snipes_2

I hear spanglish all the time, but th other way around. Since i live in purto rico we mostly speak spanish. Bust ince the american culture is popular among teens and stuff you hear it all the time.

Que?xaos

cualquier.

edit - (language is no barrier to typos):lol:

I know a lot of people that speak spanglish. I know very very little spanish and sometimes I will randomly insert a spanish word into my english. :P

I know a lot of people that speak spanglish. I know very very little spanish and sometimes I will randomly insert a spanish word into my english. :P

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[QUOTE="Wolls"]I wonder what its called when people cross English with Hindi cos I hear that all the time JudgementEden

I do not think there has ever been a combination language or creole using Japanese and English.

I would also hesitate to make up a name on my own. there was something called "Japanese Bamboo English" used in the occupied territories. It now survives only in Okinawa where remains the last American presence from that time. It is a slang type thing used only by American military personnel with the civilians in their region of control.

I believe that is the closest there is to a Japanese/English dialect.

The only other I have heard of is "Hawaiian pidgin" that was used with workers at the ports in the 19th century and memory of it now is only in the history books

I hear Spaniglish everyday. I'm pretty much used to it. NYC Spanglish FTW!