单词 | rock english |
释义 | > as lemmasRock English Rock English n. the variety of English spoken in Gibraltar, influenced in particular by Andalusian Spanish; also used to denote Yanito (or Llanito), a variety of Spanish used in Gibraltar which includes many elements borrowed from English, and which involves frequent code-switching into English. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > other varieties of English French English1553 Black English1734 Rock English1843 South African English1855 Canadian English1857 Canadian1910 Bermudian English1933 Ozarkian1949 World English1957 Japlish1960 White English1969 Konglish1970 Singlish1984 World English- 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. xiv. 272 They were..conversing in the rock Spanish, or rock English, as the fit took them. 1856 C. W. March Sketches & Adventures Madeira, Portugal, & Andalusias xxv. 285 Such a mixture, such a confusion of languages, necessarily produces a certain kind of gibberish, called ‘Rock Spanish’, or ‘Rock English’, or ‘Rock Moorish’, as either tongue most predominates. 1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Dec. 22 Depending on who they are speaking to Gibraltarians will be using English or Spanish, interspersed with words from their own language known as Llanito or Rock English. < as lemmas |
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