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After an intense study of Brazilian Portuguese, I was stationed in Puerto Rico, where the local version of Spanish is spoken. My neighbours, particularly the children, found the admixture of the two languages which occurred in my head and came out of my mouth to be hilarious ... and I'm certain that it was.
After an intense study of Korean, I was stationed in Japan. The local Korean community on Kyushu spoke an interesting admixture of Korean and Japanese, which I found hard to fathom. As I learned Japanese from my neighbours, I tried combining bits of it with the Korean in which I was fluent, which the Koreans found hilarious ... and I'm certain that it was.
I never felt mocked by the laughter of either.
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the admixture of the two languages
The lovely AnnaS could tell you much more about the language known as Portuņol than I could.
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I have never minded being laughed at in other languages. In fact it often breaks the ice and moves the conversation from impersonal business to friendly. It is amazing how much fun a conversation of fractured English, phrasebook Italian, charades and a lot of laughter can be. (remembering 10 minutes intensive studying of a map to find the train station/town of Subtopassagio - also known as underground passage  )
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Friend of mine told the tale from his Army days in Germany. They were driving the Autobahn and my friend's friend made the comment, "Boy! This Ausfahrt is a pretty big town!"
Then there was the time I wished emanuela a happy new hiney.
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"Portuņol, a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, is being used more and more in Brazil, much as Spanglish is frequently used in the United States." http://spanish.about.com/b/a/017744.htmAnd here I thought I had invented it out of my own stupidity!
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Now that I have moved to Puerto Rico, I am deep in the process of using my Mexican Spanish and trying to learn the local dialect on the Island. So far it seems that if I drop my esses, I'm half way there.
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Yes! To say "it is the same", one, in P.R., says something like "eh lo mee-moh" and everyone understands perfectly.
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