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Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida (theconversation.com)
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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bet it's annoying!

[–] lateraltwo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

South Florida resident here, it absolutely is.

[–] BritishDuffer@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a hybrid of hillbilly, valley girl, inner city slang, and various grunts.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think I read a comic about this once

[–] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

The Idiocracy Prophecy strikes again.

[–] millifoo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

And the article has no audio! Ugh... even the embedded video is just text.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Let’s call it Floridian

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm voting for Floridinese

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Florid English

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago

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.