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To: MadRobotArtist
How many people do you know who speak Spanglish?

Maybe about a third of the people I know speak Spanglish. It's an interesting language, most who speak it have problems making themselves understood in English and in Spanish. They are so used to mixing the two that they are unable to use one language or the other. You hear phrases like "esta working" or "la troca". It's funny when someone tells a Spanish speaker "vengo por atras" to mean they're returning.

75 posted on 03/05/2002 8:18:47 PM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ
Hehehehe. My wife works with people who do the Spanglish thing. Of course they also do the Englorean, which is a mish mash of English and Korean.
76 posted on 03/05/2002 9:09:36 PM PST by MadRobotArtist
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