Date:  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 12:10:55 -0500
From:  Grant Barrett <gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JERRYNET.COM>
Subject: RE>english-spanish radio ad

This morning I heard a similar oddity: a young female teen Spanglish speaker said "I don't have no
tengo."

Usually subway riders speaking Spanglish show continous thought through the language change,
not a repetition of thought. Perhaps this usage is related to the colloquial: "I don't have no
[money, food, gun, etc.]."

This is just one instance, but I'll keep an ear out.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dfjp.com

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Date: 12/1/97 11:48 AM
To: Grant Barrett
From: simon
Last Wednesday, I spent about an hour on the Dan Ryan (I 90/94)
in Chicago. I heard the following ad on a Spanish-speaking fm radio
station:

"one eight cero cero ey ([e]) chica".

beth simon