Spanglish?

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Jajaja.

Well, anyway I think that here, in Spain, we speak a bit of Spanglish when we talk about computers and technology.

Could you tell me what means "blend nicely--both"? Thanks.

Bueno, es mi opinion, y es solamente mi opinión lo que oí del catalán suena parecido al castellano --tambien el italiano y el portugués son parecidos. Las palabras se engagenmejor. En inglés casi nada termine en vocales. Inglés y español combinado es like square pegs in round slots-no cabe bien.

[PIKI]

In southern california spanglish is used alot, and I mean a lot, if you want to hear a lot of spanglish, buy or rent any Gorge Lopez dvd, he is one of the kings of spanglish, and very funny guy if you ask me. I agree with Rusty, Poli's examples were perfect, a lot of people start sentences in spanish and end them in english or through a few english words in the middle of a sentence, but mainly I hear it from people who grew up in spanish speaking homes, but speak both languages fluently. A lot of my friends from Mexico pick up spanglish words here and when they visit Mexico the people there know the just came back from the United States.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by PIKI

In southern california spanglish is used alot, and I mean a lot, if you want to hear a lot of spanglish, buy or rent any Gorge Lopez dvd, he is one of the kings of spanglish, and very funny guy if you ask me. I agree with Rusty, Poli's examples were perfect, a lot of people start sentences in spanish and end them in english or through a few english words in the middle of a sentence, but mainly I hear it from people who grew up in spanish speaking homes, but speak both languages fluently. A lot of my friends from Mexico pick up spanglish words here and when they visit Mexico the people there know the just came back from the United States.

But exactly what is Spanglish?

I don't understand the definition of the word Spanglish.

[Rusty]

español e inglés mezclados

[CrOtALiTo]

I got it.

[Suavemente]

Most of the people in America use Spanglish for two reasons

1)They are of Latin/Spanish-American decent but cannot speak Spanish fluently.....

2)They are learning Spanish and cannot speak it properly, so they plug in English words when they get stuck when speaking...

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

But exactly what is Spanglish?

I don't understand the definition of the word Spanglish.

I say.....Yo necesito un día....... then I get stuck and say.... off

I say off (in English)because I don't know how to say "off day" in Spanish(but really I do.... now...... because a week ago, I didn't know how)....

Now I can say with confidence to my boss..... Yo necesito un día libre...

Also see Piki's response....

That's Spanglish.....