man, i am so pissed right now. when someone asks me if i speak spanish, i tell them i am about 25 to 30% fluent. i can halfway converse in spanish. i just had an incident at work where one of our spanish speaking clients got all upset because i didnt speak fluent spanish. his excuse? "sir, you are in texas. you should speak spanish."
i wanted to tell him to kiss the darkest part of my arse.
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All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
or grey poupon. wait, who are we talking about here?
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or spanglish, i guess. i was like "dood, you are in the states, so learn a lick of english."
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Dialect is used as too broad a term these days. As I've said before, I detest using a broad term when you have a more specific one at your disposal
American Heritage Dictionary A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists
Regional or social? Awfully vague. Ethnolect is much more specific, and people know exactly what you're talking about. That's why I prefer ethnolect to dialect. I'm not disagreeing with you. We're just arguing over semantics at this point
It's completely wrong to say 'it's not a dialect per se'.
That's what I am pointing out. You continue to claim that 'ethnolect' precludes the application of 'dialect'.
This is mostly based upon your persistent claim that a dialect refers exclusively to a geographical area, which, as your own dictionary.com quote demonstrates, is wrong.
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Last edited by Victor Von Doom on Dec 31st, 2006 at 05:14 AM
it was obscenely late when I said 'it's not a dialect, per se'. Pardon me, I didn't know I'd be getting the 3rd degree for it. I've been so bad.
Ethnolect is a kind of dialect. Dialect as a broad term means a division of language. Used specifically, it means a division of language by geographical area. Clear enough for you?
and your disdainful reference to dictionary.com is quite perturbing. The American Heritage Dictionary is an official dictionary. Just because it was linked in dictionary.com doesn't discredit it as a viable definition.
ghetto slang here in texas and in NY are the same, so he has a point. same dialect, two different geographic locations.
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