Oye, Gente, Que Son Your Thoughts On Spanglish?
8 June 2009, 2:30 PM. By Alex Alvarez
Dr. Pepper has unveiled a new campaign, “Vida23,” that hopes to appeal to bicultural Hispatinoids through the use of Spanglish commercials. The campaign features a song with lyrics in both English and Spanish written by Alex Lopez Negrete, president-CEO of Lopez Negrete Communications, and Cucu Diamantes and Andres Levin of Yerba Buena. Dr. Pepper fans have the option of creating their own remixes to the song. Because Papa Dios knows kids who grew up hearing Spanglish are all about remixing songs for “Club23.”
Anyway. We want to know what you all think when you hear Spanglish in movies, blogs, commercials and whatnot. Especially when the use of Spanglish coincides with the idea that young Latinos in the United States are all fans of so-called “urban culture.” Child, we grew up drinking refreshing carbonated beverages in the suburbs.
We’ll confess that, for us, it depends on the context. If we have even the slightest inkling that the use of Spanglish sounds terrible forced and is a poorly-executed attempt to wrangle us in as consumers, then we’re put off completely. With loved ones, we tend not to even notice it. And with strangers, it runs the gamut from seeming cute to being annoying, especially when it’s used with a blatant disregard for grammar rules in either English or Spanish. Example: “Muy thanks!” Claro que that’s not going to fly with us.
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I use to work for Day Labor Services in Austin, Texas and was often surprised by the Spanglish spoken by the workers who came Guatamala, Nicaruagua, and El Salvador. Words like “chili-ando” (chilling) and “parti-ando” (partying) use to crack me up.
Hay te watcho! :-)
I use spanglish every once in a while..
There are people who just sound so ridiculous.. like Alex mentioned, when they disregard grammar rules in either language. or when its so over used, that at times you cannot understand what the person is saying.
I agree with your last paragraph.
Chica #1: “Vas a salir de work this afternoon?”
Chica #2: “Yes, me voy a las One.”
jaja yea i speak in spanglish sometimes without thinking, its worse when im around my cousins because they understand what im saying either way.
This book is probably the best take I’ve read on Spanglish, and funny too! http://www.amazon.com/Pardon-My-Spanglish-Guide-Speaking/dp/1594742138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244577511&sr=8-1