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Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
(theconversation.com)
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Bet it's annoying!
South Florida resident here, it absolutely is.
Oh, I've been told by native Spanish speakers that I do this in reverse. Direct translating American English idioms and phrasing into my spoken Spanish.
And the article has no audio! Ugh... even the embedded video is just text.
Let’s call it Floridian
I'm voting for Floridinese
Florid English
It's a hybrid of hillbilly, valley girl, inner city slang, and various grunts.
I think I read a comic about this once