[PW] Re: Hypothetical cultural divergence

[swguardian-stumpers at yahoo.com]

"Spanglish" may be common to many areas, however the versions of languages spoken, along with a good dose of current local slang, can and did render the "Spanglish," in the area I refered to, into a different version than that of other areas of the country, much like a hard to understand dialect of a major language. 

Marian Drabkin <mmdrabkin at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  "Spanglish" was spoken in Los Angeles too, when I was
growing up. Maybe it still is. And when I was a child,
you could hear "Yinglish" spoken by older Yiddish-speakers
who needed to make themselves understood in English.
As I said, interlinguas are common.
Perhaps all the Romance languages began as interlinguas.
It's certainly something to think about.

Marian Drabkin

cvj at hcvco.com wrote:
"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:
> . 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.


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