Spanglish

Spanglish is a form of speech that results from an interaction between Spanish and English used by people who speak both languages or parts of both languages. Spanglish is not usually considered a language itself, but rather an overlapping and mixing of Spanish and English lexical items and grammar. Spanglish is not a pidgin, because unlike pidgin languages, Spanglish can be the primary speech form for some individuals. Spanglish can be considered a variety of Spanish with heavy use of English or a variety of English with heavy use of Spanish. It can be more related either to Spanish or to English, depending on the circumstances.

The concept was first brought into literature by the Puerto Rican poet Salvador Tió in the late 1940s, when he called it Espanglish or Inglañol. (from English + Español, and Inglés + Español, respectively)

History and distribution

In the late 1940s, the Puerto Rican journalist, poet, and essayist Salvador Tió coined the terms Espanglish (later shortened to Spanglish) for Spanish spoken with some English terms), and the less commonly used Inglañol (for English spoken with some Spanish terms).

Spanglish (film)

Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and stars Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, and Téa Leoni. It was released in the United States on December 17, 2004 by Columbia Pictures and by Gracie Films, and in other countries over the first several months of 2005.

The film grossed $55 million worldwide, less than the $80 million production budget. The film received mixed reviews.

Plot

Cristina Moreno (Aimee Garcia) is applying to Princeton University. For her application essay, she tells the story of her childhood and narrates throughout the movie.

Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) is a poor Mexican single mother who moved to America to have a better life for her and her daughter, Cristina (Shelbie Bruce). When she could not maintain her two jobs due to the safety of her daughter, Flor's cousin takes her to an job interview as a nanny for the Claskys, consisting of John (Adam Sandler) and Deborah Clasky (Téa Leoni), their children Bernice (Sarah Steele) and Georgie (Ian Hayland), and Deborah's mother Evelyn Wright (Cloris Leachman). John is a man with Tourette's syndrome and no sex life or self-esteem, Deborah is a former businesswoman turned stay-at-home mother, and Evelyn is a raging alcoholic. Deborah is uptight and her neurotic behavior often upsets the family: she mentally abuses her daughter to exercise by buying her smaller-sized clothes and putting her down for certain behaviors, and she mentally abuses her husband by telling him to co-parent with her on their son, but she really wants him to be submissive to her parenting instead. John is more laid back and supports the mental well-being of his children, but he feels he cannot stand up to Deborah on her parenting and often leaves it as it is.

Spanglish 101

Spanglish 101 is the name of a compilation album by Koolarrow Records, a label created by Billy Gould of deathgrind band Brujeria. The compilation album featured various artists.

Without Hate,

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