Does anyone else cringe when they hear (or read) spanglish?  Ash
- posted on 02/12/2010 ( 5 moms have responded )     Spanish is
my 1st language and I love it, I also speak English and can
switch from one to the other, but why do people speak like this
when it sounds so tacky & low-class?? It's awful and
embarrassing . Either you speak in English or in Spanish but not
both!   '' Hello bato, wanna come to my casa and have unas
chelas? My flaca can make us unos tacos, just be callado, my
abuelita is taking una siesta''  UGH *shivers*  If you see this,
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View replies by  Celeste - posted on 03/17/2010     My
grandmother did this. I think it's maybe she didn't know what
the English word for it was. She also preferred the Spanish word
for certain English words because they sounded "bad" to her. For
example, she'd never say "sheets", she'd always say "sabanas"
because to her, it sounded like a swear word.  [deleted account]
I agree with you, and I have the