<story><title>Linguists have identified a new English dialect that’s emerging in South Florida</title><url>https://theconversation.com/linguists-have-identified-a-new-english-dialect-thats-emerging-in-south-florida-205620</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cool_dude85</author><text>You don&amp;#x27;t switch between Greek and French while speaking English.</text></item><item><author>pfannkuchen</author><text>&amp;gt; The switch between languages isn’t random, though&lt;p&gt;We kind of do this already in mainline English, switching between Germanic, French, Latin and Greek based on some unwritten rules. Adding Spanish wouldn’t really change things that much considering its close relatives French and Latin are already so well represented. Though I’m sure the Spanish part is more dominant in this dialect than it would be eventually in the broader language.</text></item><item><author>alehlopeh</author><text>It goes a lot deeper than this in Miami. A big chunk of suburban miami is populated by white Cuban exiles and their descendants. Growing up we spoke in Spanglish, which involves switching back and forth  between English and Spanish, often multiple times within the same sentence. The  switch between languages isn’t random, though. There are rules that govern which words you should say in which language, when to switch, etc. I’ve never heard anyone investigating how these rules work, but there are millions of Americans of Cuban descent in Miami for whom Spanglish is their true native language.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lelanthran</author><text>&amp;gt;  You don&amp;#x27;t switch between Greek and French while speaking English.&lt;p&gt;Challenge accepted: &amp;quot;The stoic young man bid us au revoir and left&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, English borrows &lt;i&gt;so much&lt;/i&gt; from other languages that it&amp;#x27;s not apparent to English speakers that the words are from other languages.&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;et cetera (etc)&lt;p&gt;id est (i.e.)&lt;p&gt;videlicet (viz)&lt;p&gt;sic&lt;p&gt;and that&amp;#x27;s just Latin.&lt;p&gt;Think about Schadenfreud, Bon appétit, Au revoir, Macho, Amigo, Kindergarten, Uber, Gesundheit, Smorgasbord, Apartheid, Trek...&lt;p&gt;Honestly, the list goes on and on and on. English speakers use more &amp;quot;borrowed&amp;quot; phrases and words than any other language I can think of.</text></comment>
<story><title>Linguists have identified a new English dialect that’s emerging in South Florida</title><url>https://theconversation.com/linguists-have-identified-a-new-english-dialect-thats-emerging-in-south-florida-205620</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cool_dude85</author><text>You don&amp;#x27;t switch between Greek and French while speaking English.</text></item><item><author>pfannkuchen</author><text>&amp;gt; The switch between languages isn’t random, though&lt;p&gt;We kind of do this already in mainline English, switching between Germanic, French, Latin and Greek based on some unwritten rules. Adding Spanish wouldn’t really change things that much considering its close relatives French and Latin are already so well represented. Though I’m sure the Spanish part is more dominant in this dialect than it would be eventually in the broader language.</text></item><item><author>alehlopeh</author><text>It goes a lot deeper than this in Miami. A big chunk of suburban miami is populated by white Cuban exiles and their descendants. Growing up we spoke in Spanglish, which involves switching back and forth  between English and Spanish, often multiple times within the same sentence. The  switch between languages isn’t random, though. There are rules that govern which words you should say in which language, when to switch, etc. I’ve never heard anyone investigating how these rules work, but there are millions of Americans of Cuban descent in Miami for whom Spanglish is their true native language.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tchaffee</author><text>When you say the word &amp;quot;energy&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;hotel&amp;quot; you are switching to French. After a few centuries of this you don&amp;#x27;t notice and consider it common English.</text></comment>