One nation, not just speaking English

[amiquechu 0]

It is a misconception indeed. There is NO SUCH THING as "Latino Spanish". Each individual citizenry/ancestry group (oh yes, sorpresa, we come from more than 12 different countries, so LatinLand does not exist) has a particular vernacular version of Spanish. Even within countries, each region has their own tones and lexical mannerisms. B

As per bilingualism as policy, I personally don't think it is either desirable or enforceable., and it is certainly fraught with both political and conceptual time bombs It is quite non-nonsensical, really. This country has so much racial and linguistic richness that the way to go, in my obviously uneducated opinion, is to offer second language choices in the K-12 that serve the populations which reside in the area. Most respectable universities require the command of a foreign language as a graduation requirement, for ALL students, heritage and non-heritage learners. I have said it previously, being monolingual in such a globalized world is nothing to be extremely proud of.

Peace, L.

I've learned Peruvian Spanish and I can't understand hardly anything that the Puerto Rican Reggaton singers are trying to say in their songs.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Yeah I wondered about that too. Its a common misconception that there is some concept of "linguistic purity" no such thing really. You have different dialects of the same basic language, but the key point is that each dialect meets the communicative needs of the speakers. For other people to say so-and-so is "ghettoised" requires making a value judgement that assumes that one group of people set some sort of quality standard for an entire language.

Its not like languages are fixed in time and don't evolve - we're constantly adding new words and colloquialisms. The rules change pretty much all the time.

I agree and don't like the use of the term ghottoized precisely because it does make a judgement on the person speaking it.

FWIW, I want to learn more Spanish. Wish I knew more right now in fact for my vacation next week...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I don't speak English

Can somebody interpret what this poor lady is posting? I looks Swahili, but I'm not sure.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah I wondered about that too. Its a common misconception that there is some concept of "linguistic purity" no such thing really. You have different dialects of the same basic language, but the key point is that each dialect meets the communicative needs of the speakers. For other people to say so-and-so is "ghettoised" requires making a value judgement that assumes that one group of people set some sort of quality standard for an entire language.

Its not like languages are fixed in time and don't evolve - we're constantly adding new words and colloquialisms. The rules change pretty much all the time.

I agree and don't like the use of the term ghottoized precisely because it does make a judgement on the person speaking it.

Yup. Its not as if speakers from the country of origin are necessarily any better at articulating themselves than anywhere else. Every country has its share of illiterates (and idiots).

[almaty 19]

I don't speak English

Can somebody interpret what this poor lady is posting? I looks Swahili, but I'm not sure.

looks like a version of pig latin spoken by street walkers in Venice

[Heracles 417]

Yup. Its not as if speakers from the country of origin are necessarily any better at articulating themselves than anywhere else. Every country has its share of illiterates (and idiots).

Some more than others. That's for sure....

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yup. Its not as if speakers from the country of origin are necessarily any better at articulating themselves than anywhere else. Every country has its share of illiterates (and idiots).

Some more than others. That's for sure....

Which doesn't validate your point about "ghettoized language"

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I don't speak English

Can somebody interpret what this poor lady is posting? I looks Swahili, but I'm not sure.

looks like a version of pig latin spoken by street walkers in Venice

Oh my. I google Venitian street walker and got this?

[almaty 19]

amber?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

amber?

Maybe she's just out of camera view?