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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: shaking of the head to signify agreement #69835 05/14/02 04:01 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA tell me more about the bicycle shorts And, TEd, are you gonna tell us the one about the bike shorts and the potato? (You DO have it in your vast repertoire, don't you? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shaking of the head to signify agreement #69836 05/14/02 04:52 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Lycra. That's all I'm gonna say. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shaking of the head to signify agreement #69837 05/14/02 04:52 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC I think that particular potato may have been cooked with a piece of cod. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Spanglish #69838 05/14/02 08:26 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean I can see the argument for calling it laziness, but I see it also as inventing a whole new language as one goes along, with a certain set of tools at hand. Personally, I find it fascinating to listen to, and occasionally hear things expressed in Spanglish much more colorfully, or powerfully, or succinctly than either language alone could do. It's also fun. I am very familiar with Spanglish and as you say, it is fun. It is also much more than that. When two cultures meld, there are experiences in each culture that have no easy word groupings to describe them in the other language. It isn't a question of laziness, but of being precise in the wording. It is such a relief when one is talking to someone of a similar mixed culture to use the proper words to describe each situation and know that you are perfectly understood. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spanglish #69839 05/14/02 11:30 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > also much more than that I agree Connie - there is also much documented literature on code-switching that demonstrates it gives multilingual speakers many opportunities for refining and defining their own lexicon (and hence their personal positioning) in relation to different cultural norms and centres of power. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,340 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 646 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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