Talk:New York Latino English

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[edit] found this page

I found this page, my area of research specialization, and decided to correct and professionalize it generally. I still can't figure out how to use IPA here, so I haven't. If someone knows how, please do the edits. Also, I'd love to change the name of the article to New York Latino English and make this page just a link there. It's kinda lame having the main article saying that the name of the article is a misnomer. It isn't even all that common anymore. Everyone with the least familiarity with the city knows that the Latino community is no longer predominantly Puerto Rican, although all props and respect are due to the Boricuas out there.

On the other hand, let me request that if you do not have research in your hand that supports any edits you want to make, please refrain from adding them (yo, page creator, that means you too with all due respect!). Enthusiasm for the topic is wonderful, but it doesn't help to add impressionistic notions or myths. It undermines the purpose of the Wikipedia, making it little more than a massive irregular blogspot. If anyone out there reading this is an undergraduate or even a high school student, you are welcome to visit the link at the bottom for the NY Latino English project and put yourself into contact with me. I'll put you to good serious work on the topic, and you may even get credit for it!

[edit] Sephardic Jews

In no way do sephardic Jews see themselves in the same vein as anyone who identifies him/herself as a "latino." Sephardic Jews relate to Jews first and foremost. Latino is a new identification marker and Sephardic Jew is not. Further, Sephardic Jews think like Jews, meaning, they think in historical persepective, and avoid fads and trends in thinking, talking, and behaving. For this reason, Sephardic Jews should not be included in this summary of illiterate New York Public School-driven Hispanic English.  ?Me entiende profesor? Gracias, pero los judios sefardi no quieren ser incluidos con los dichos latinos en "Nueva Yol", y, no hablamos como ellos hablan. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.44.93.71 (talk) 04:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

If, instead of anonymously adding in ignorant racist nonsense to the discussion, you had simply edited out the reference to Sephardic Jews in the main article, you would have done everyone a favor. mnewmanqc (talk) 08:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

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"In some movies American street thugs, including non-Latino ones, may use NYLE features or other features of other Latino English varieties. As result, some people may inaccurately associate NYLE with delinquent street culture." Wrong. Many people associate NYLE with failure to become educated. Not being educated often results in a life of delinquent street culture. So, it is not so inacurrate when the common denominator between NYLE and delinquent street culture is failure to become educated. Pul-lease. What crap! 24.44.93.71 04:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)