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  2. Miami accent - Wikipedia

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    The Miami accent is a native dialect of English and is not a second-language English or an interlanguage. It incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation that are heavily influenced by Spanish, whose rhythm is syllable-timed. [6] Unlike some accents of New York Latino English, the Miami accent is rhotic.

  3. Spanglish - Wikipedia

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    Spanglish is not a creole or dialect of Spanish because, though people claim they are native Spanglish speakers, Spanglish itself is not a language on its own, but speakers speak English or Spanish with a heavy influence from the other language. The definition of Spanglish has been unclearly explained by scholars and linguists, contributing to ...

  4. Does your name have an accent? Not in California, where they ...

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    A California Assembly bill would allow the use of diacritical marks like accents in government documents, not allowed since 1986's "English only" law which many say targeted Latinos.

  5. Spanish dialects and varieties - Wikipedia

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    To give some examples, intonation patterns differ between Peninsular and Mexican Spanish, and also between northern Mexican Spanish and accents of the center and south of the country. Argentine Spanish is also characterized by its unique intonation patterns which are supposed to be influenced by the languages of Italy , particularly Neapolitan .

  6. 75 Top Spanish Names for Boys and Their Meanings - AOL

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    13. Carlos. The name Carlos is a Spanish variation of Charles, meaning “man.” The moniker rose in popularity in Spain in the 1980s, according to Baby Center, and has maintained a top spot ever ...

  7. Spanish naming customs - Wikipedia

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    Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple or composite) [a] and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's first surname.

  8. Miami’s judicial race story lines: Name change controversy, a ...

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    The name game is nothing new in majority Hispanic Miami-Dade County, where political consultants often lean on incumbent candidates to hire them to help ward off challengers.

  9. Spanish orthography - Wikipedia

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    Ortografía de la lengua española (2010). Spanish orthography is the orthography used in the Spanish language.The alphabet uses the Latin script.The spelling is fairly phonemic, especially in comparison to more opaque orthographies like English, having a relatively consistent mapping of graphemes to phonemes; in other words, the pronunciation of a given Spanish-language word can largely be ...