One of the things that scared me the most about raising my son to speak three languages was that he would speak them all incorrectly. When I heard him say “parqueadero” for parking instead of estacionamiento I didn’t know what to say, I almost cried!
Now that he is 9 years old, he is making fewer and fewer mistakes and I am not worried about his misuse of words anymore. Kids just mix them as they learn and it is okay!
What do you do when your kids say something in Spanglish that is just simply horrible to your ears? How do you react? We invite you to share your kids’ “not so cute” Spanglish on Words on Wednesday discussion at SpanglishBaby Playground.
Melissa Cunningham shared her son’s “annoying Spanglish” words: “Voy a bringuer las cosas conmigo… Mom, she gasts all of our time/money/paint.”
What do you think? Join the conversation!
I know this is beside the point, but in Colombia – they say parqueadero for parking lot.
Gracias por tu comentario Ali! When my son said “parqueadero” I was sad because I felt that he was mixing the languages and I was not sure (back then) he would learn both, that is why I felt like crying! Now I know it is part of the learning process!
Creci en Colombia y toda la vida he intercambiado las palabras parqueadero y estacionamiento. Cuando hablo con personas de México especialmente, ellas recalcan que parqueadero es un anglicismo, pero dado el uso extenso de esta palabra en mi tierra, aunque en muchos casos me tacho yo misma de “purista”, a este no le presto tanta atencion. Encontré un articulo interesante en este Sitio del Internet que explica la diferencia de usos en latinoamerica de esta palabra. Pienso que es una buena fuente de información para otras dudas del lenguaje: http://www.wikilengua.org/index.php/aparcar.
Xochitl, thanks for your contributions to raising bilingual families and helping all of us. It is wonderful to find a place where one can share the love of languages and learn from each other.
Thank you for your comment and “porras” Paola! Me encanto la liga de wikilengua, la voy a usar mucho!