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Spanglish Language Examples

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At home it’s all about Spanglish growing up Mexican your first language was Spanish and starting school that’s where I and my sister learn English at home we always spoke Spanglish without even knowing my parents wouldn’t allow my sister and I to speak English but as we got older and are first language was beginning to be English we would say “orale pues” meaning ok but still spoke little Spanish so we mix languages without even thinking about it. When I arrive at home from work I always greet my son with “Hola bebe how are you” which I don’t even think when I do that. In an article Fount and Hella(1952) they said “speech is variety” meaning speech can be variable in all occasions depending the place and time. It’s amusing how we don’t
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