[PW] Re: Hypothetical cultural divergence

[cvj at hcvco.com]

"Newer type of language developed there."  Not really.  I grew up in
Texas, of Hispanic heritage.  "Spanglish" has been WIDELY spoken in Texas
since at least the 30s.  Maybe the "older folks" were going up walls in
New Mexico, but back before rocks cooled in Texas (AND New Mexico, as it
happens) it was well known to all ages.  Source?  I was THERE.  BTDT. 
Connie

 Interlingua of this sort is a common thing among all immigrant
>   groups.  I've been told that this is one of the ways language
>   develops. Marian Drabkin
>
>   swguardian-stumpers at yahoo.com wrote:
>   <SNIP>. A newer type of language also developed there, separately, among
> the youth which is a combination of Spanish and English called
> Spanglish. It drives the older folks up the wall.