On Spanglish

There are those who would like a language to stay stagnant, frozen in historical time, bound up by rules and grammar. But language is a living organism. It breaths, grows, adapts and changes as it follows the life of it's speakers. Some might argue that Spanish and English should remain separate entities. But if you live in my house you will find that they co-exist quit nicely.
Today I was telling my husband what to get my son out for dinner and I caught (which doesn't usually happen) the crazy sentence that was coming out of my mouth. Los peas, que estan en el frig son good. Really did I just say that?
In my house we speak Spanglish. Generally my husband speaks Spanish and I English, or so at least I think I am. For example, my husband, my mom and I were all on our way to Home Depot the other day. My husband and I were talking about what we needed. When we got into the store my husband went off in his own direction and I turned to my mom and said, "what was it that we needed?"
"You are asking me?" She said.
"Yah, we were just talking about it in car." Still not understanding why she wasn't helping.
"You do realize that whole conversation was in Spanish, right?" she said.
Hum... clearly I didn't!
I love that I have the ability to switch back and forth between languages. I love the looks I get when I answer my phone in the middle of Target in Spanish. I love the options that open up for music, movies and TV because it doesn't matter if it's in English or Spanish. More importantly I love that I have been able to meet so many more people in this world all because I speak another language. There really is something to being bi-lingual.
There are some very fun Spanglish words I thought I would share with you. I hope you enjoy!
Googlear - to google someone
Molear- to go to the mall
Parkeate- to park (this one is so entwined in Border Spanish that I do believe people truely think this is an actually Spanish word)
pusheme- push me
watchale- watch this
un ridete- a ride
esmoking- tux
yonque- junk yard (pronounced like junky)
boiler- water heater
me frekea- I'm freaked out
troca- truck
nerdo- nerd
If I come across any new and good ones I'll be sure to add them. Until them I'll make sure to check that my blog is written in English and I haven't empece a escribir en Espanol.