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
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.’
Bet it's annoying!
South Florida resident here, it absolutely is.
And the article has no audio! Ugh... even the embedded video is just text.
Let’s call it Floridian
I'm voting for Floridinese
Florid English
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.
Oh, I've been told by native Spanish speakers that I do this in reverse. Direct translating American English idioms and phrasing into my spoken Spanish.