Is this Spanglish?

Question

I received this notice from a tree trimming service. It is written in both English and Spanish but the Spanish was surprising. The strange spellings don't surprise me very much, but the vocabulary has me wondering. I do know that it was written by a man from Mexico, who I am sure speaks much better Spanish than I do. What do you think?

Quoting directly, written all in caps, but I can't do that here:

...asegurase de ke sus portones esten deslakeados y sus yardas accesibles para aser el trabajo nesessario. SI nessesita aser arreglos para darnos acceso o si tiene preguntas se puede comunicar con (name omitted). Los arboles seran trimeados 10 ft para los lados....

Lakeados? Trimeados? If these are acceptable words, then maybe I speakeado better than I thoughteado. That's meant to be funny, not sarcastic. I'm actually interested in whether or not this kind of vocabulary is evolving into a sort of common practice in the United States.

Wow...I'm speechless ...in both languages! - --Mariana--, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 1

This is spanglish and unfortunately the infection of this nonsense has become quite common among people lacking in knowledge of their native language. There are also many misspellings in this masterpiece to the point of evoking laughter.

I am hoping that his company does a better job trimming trees than they do writing! - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

If they mention "topping trees," don´t use them. The only people who know what they are doing are those who "thin" trees. They should never be "topped" - 005faa61, Jul 13, 2011

Good to know, Julian! I learn so much here! :-) - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 2

I spent some time in Cleveland, Ohio amongst many Puerto Ricans. They used ride the same way we do in English as in "¿podría darme un ride al supermarcado?" The RAE doesn´t recognize ride as a spanish word so I guess long story short, from what I've seen yes Spanish speakers in the United States seem to incorporate Engish words into their vocabulary.

I agree.. I've heard "podría darte un ride en mi trocca?". I just thought "trimeado" was going a little far! I wonder where it will lead? - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 3

LOL. It seems as if a 15 yr old chicana wrote that note. But in my humble opinion (aside from the way the note's author chose to spell certain words) yes, this type of hybrid Spanish/English is definitely proliferating - whether one likes it or not.

The spelling can be forgiven if a little girl wrote it. Even if they know how to spell the word properly, they still choose to write like such. It's the popular way to write amongst hispanic teens on social networks - Pauly_Glot, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 4

At least " Laqueados" is the participio of the verb " laquear, but "deslaquear" does not exist as a verb. El resto seems to be texting or just bad spelling.

Thanks Paco. I couldn't find it when I copied the original spelling. Still, he uses it here to mean "unlocked", and delaqueado would have to mean "unlaquered" if there was such a word! - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

I mean deslaqueado. - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 5

This is not spanish neither. There are a lot of spelling mistakes. Oh my god, I can hardly understand what this people say... "aser" "nessesario" hahahaha.

Correction: I can hardly understand "what this person is saying..." and yes, "aser" has to be the funniest. Me imagino que la hija del trajabador (o quien sea) escribió la nota. - Pauly_Glot, Jul 13, 2011

Jejeje. - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

Thanks for the correction... - Peinadin, Jul 14, 2011

Answer 6

Funnyado!

Yep mismo. - territurtle, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 7

Maybe this poor person just can't spell? Or doesn't know proper grammar?

I agree, but the vocabulary was what surprised me the most. I know plenty of bad spellers! - MLucie, Jul 13, 2011

I don't understand hardly ANY of it, as a beginning Spanish student... not much English in there that I can tell! - Gillygaloo, Jul 13, 2011

Answer 8

Actually, yes it does surprise me. And I'm a very old woman