So, we're talking about creole languages in Anthropology. But pretty much when I speak, I speak English with dashes of spanish. I don't really do it to more easily communicate with Spanish speakers because err I really don't talk to spanish speakers much. It's basically my attempt to form some bond with my heritage without actually putting forth effort in learning spanish myself.

But, I still like doing it because it does kinda embed the spanish words that I use in my head. Whenever I tried to learn Spanish in high school, I would try to translate in my head, which I realized isnt really the right approach. Gato shouldnt translate as cat in my head, it should translate as gato. Gato should make complete sense to me.

I totally just rambled. So, do you do shit like this?

I used to accidentally do that with friench, but then my mom threatened to kill me. So I made myself stop.

But I know what you mean.

Yes, as I'm well versed in several languages...

Deine mutti essen mein scheisse.

all nouns have their first letter capitalized in German.

where are mi pantalones?


guess i do.








edit: seriously though, i can't find my pants.

Goddammit, beaten.

I speak German, some Japanese, and quite a bit of Norwegian.

I put in all sorts of weird ass combinations of all three into my English sometimes. My friends' language skills are better off for it, but it pisses them off sometimes.

only when im speaking to my grandparents, or someone else who is better at speaking spanish than english

Also, Scheisse is a feminine noun (don't ask me why, I didn't make it up) so "mein" should be instead meine.

If you're learning about creole languages, then you should be aware that they only emerge in situations when two language groups are in close and constant contact with each other, meaning that there is a need for one to emerge. For the rest of us, there's no real need to use two interchangeably, so we don't unless we're being pretentious and showing off.

"But Sara," you might say, "You speak multiple languages on a daily basis when you don't really need to, doesn't that mean that you're being pretentious?" Yeah, but when I go to class and speak German or Chinese, or even outside of class with classmates or native speakers, I'm with other people who know the language. It's compartmentalized bilingualism, so it's different. I don't throw it into my everyday speech to impress people.

When I was young I would interchangeably speak English and French, but was made to stop because it was hard on my teachers .

Damn them for it too, I'd be able to speak fluent French if it weren't for that .

If I'm just sitting around with friends I will sometimes throw in an Italian response or remark. I've been doing it for a long time. It's little stuff like saying "perche?" instead of "why?" when a friend asks me something. Sometimes I will exclaim something in Italian like a swear or whatever if someone else around me will understand it. That part comes from my nonno. I suppose that right there is another instance of it.
Also, I can sometimes follow what my relatives/mom are saying when they're speaking Italian and if they're trying to keep my dad or sister or someone unaware and I want to comment or reply then I have to attempt to do so in Italian, but that makes sense.

I never said that randonmly using languages interchageably meant you were speaking a creole language. It's just sorta what made me think of the topic.

Careful wielding that ridiculously large IQ of yours around here, Professor.

misusage of Prof angers me.

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I was born to speak German

When I'm with my Japanese friends, we always use a mixture of japanese and english. We call it Japanglish.

Jesus... You kinda sound a little full of yourself.

I don't since I'm not really well versed in any other languages, but my mother (and many other members of my family) will slip into creole in the middle of a sentence and just go back to English.

I do this too. We don't have a name for it though.

how so?

why not just use the token term : Engrish

I need to learn a new language. I just suck at it.

heh yeah i say burrito all the time

You honestly don't think she does? Are you high?

I tend to throw either some Russian, Japanese, or Vietnamese into my sentences when I want to insult someone.

Who the hell talks like that in real life? I hear shit like that I go into Wedgie-giving mode

because that's totally different, that's speaking english with a terrible accent.

Japanglish is throwing in english words in japanese phrases, or vice versa.

Like, tatoeba, konna you ni talk shitetara, it's japanglish.

did you rikai? tabun you didn't, da to omoukedo, ma- it's daijoubu.


terrible example, but it was an example.

you couldnt give a kid a wedgie if he was wearin a thong

oh i see what you mean.

but wouldn't that make it more confusing using english words that have same pronunciation as japanese?

English words that have the same pronunciation as Japanese?
like what?

Japanaglish is basically just weeaboo personified.

desu

Sushi is sushi, what's the difference?

Spanglish.

I throw in Spanish all the time, sometimes even going full Spanish for a few minutes when I'm with my Mexican friends.

I usually think it's annoying when people combine languages, like in the same sentence. It rarely is good. I do issue commands in German sometimes, though. Like, instead of being like "Let's go!" I'll be like "GEHEN WIR!"