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Well, the U.S. does have a great many Hispanics, now. My knowledge of Spanish is pretty well limited to si and gracias, but I understand that the actual usage/pronunciation differs from Mexico to Central America to Cuba, etc. So it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that a creolized language (see Gurunet) has developed. I remember our discussion here of this phenomenon; I thought it fascinating as a concept, and utterly practical as a conveyance. Here's an example from your site: chopin (TCHO-peen) -- 1. shopping center mall. 2. going shopping. This one caught my eye, because my first mental leap on seeing the word was the composer!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Spanglish AnnaStrophic 09/23/03 11:52 AM Re: Lonche Faldage 09/23/03 12:33 PM Re: Spanglish Jackie 09/23/03 03:46 PM Re: Spanglish consuelo 09/25/03 01:26 AM Re: yo no se qué Jackie 09/25/03 01:53 AM Re: yo no se qué sjmaxq 09/25/03 02:28 AM Re: yo no se qué Bingley 09/25/03 04:15 AM Re: yo no se qué Faldage 09/25/03 01:14 PM
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