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Old April 23, 2011, 09:49 AM
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la vieja = my mom
That's also found in lunfardo in Argentina. I don't think that has to do with English influence, so I don't think that most of those examples are Spanglish, per se. Do you know the etymology of those expressions?

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The letter "s" in particular either becomes like the English "h" or is even dropped completely
Does that come from Andalucian Spanish originally?

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In these countries you'll also encounter "vos" used for "tĂș", and probably used with different verb endings than you'll find in your grammar book
It's the same as the vosotros forms given in books minus the "i" (sois > sos), and minus the -d in imperatives.
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