New dialect known as ‘Miami English’ appearing in Florida, linguists say — here’s what it sounds like

Daily Mail ^ | 2/02/24 | David Landsel

[steve86]

I think one of the comments to the article -- can't find it now -- spoke of the perfect aspect largely having disappeared from the oral verbal usage of young Americans. I can confirm that I don't hear it from my own girls and this is disturbing to me. Seems that everything has been dumbed down to a simplified Tic-Tok grammar, although I don't actually let them use that. You have any comments on the devolution of mainstream grammar?

Also, the same comment or another pointed out the rapid blurred-together character of girls' speech nowadays. One of the workers at McDonald's the other day spoke to me that way (she actually mistook me for another customer and went on about something) and I barely got one or two words from the whole thing.

A bit ago I texted my GF and asked what she was up to: "Fixing the kitchen". Then "Make ready for Mass tomorrow" (getting clothes ready).

[nicollo]

They used to call it Spanglish

Yeah, what's up w/ "Miami English" - academics are beyond stoopid. I guess all my Cuban friends in Miami are racists for calling their way of speaking "Spanglish":

Oye, vamos a lunch y voy tell you todo que paso yesterday!"

[Clutch Martin]

“One of the bigger problems with learning English is that it is actually two different languages: one as written and the other as spoken. We native speakers never notice the difference, but to others it is formidable.”

I’ve read the Gibbon, and I’ve read the Blake but I write like Twain and Hurston - in the vernacular. It doesn’t come off sometimes but I don’t really give a hoot because I don’t feel like buckling down to the grammatically correct route... then again I haven’t polished much up since my research paper writing days.

Prost!

[Lurker]

That was a very good show.

L

[PUGACHEV]

I’ll give you an example of what I mean from an old joke. Have you eaten? No, have you? Then, let’s go” is spoken more like”Jeet? No, jew? Skoh!”

[Clutch Martin]

“Jeet? No, jew? Skoh!”

Momma used to say:
Jeet? She was an old arcadian farm girl, always had something fixed up. That brings back fond memories.

[PUGACHEV]

I am with you there. The older I get, the more deeply I miss my mother’s cooking.