When I was living in Lafayette, CO in 1974 and attending junior high at a school which was 90% hispanic, all Mexican-Americans were calling themselves 'Chicano.' It was the politically correct word at the time. Now it is a language?????



>>>>A lot of people where I work are Chinese, and listening to them is a hoot. They speak Chinese to each other, but you hear a lot of English words and phrases in the mix. One Chinese woman with whom I worked fairly closely, calls it "Chinglish".
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>>>Is that same as "Konlish" (English with heavy dose of Korean accent)? :)
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>>No. That is Korean with some English (or facsimiles of English) words included. We have the same in this area. It's called Spanglish.
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>In California Castilian was taught until April 1975. It was officially changed to Chicano. My teacher was from Seville, Spain, and she quit. What is Chicano? Como esta you? A little of Mexican and American English thrown together.
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>My wife being from Peru still criticizes the use of Chicano. They use words that make people from South America turn red with embarrassment. These same words to a person speaking Chicano are like us saying "air or water".