Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
theconversation.com Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of linguistic borrowing called ‘calques.’
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It's a hybrid of hillbilly, valley girl, inner city slang, and various grunts.
I think I read a comic about this once
The Idiocracy Prophecy strikes again.
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