Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
- Written by Phillip M. Carter, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Florida International University
Travel to Miami, and you might hear people say 'get down from the car' instead of 'get out of the car.'Miami Herald/Getty Images“We got down from the car and went inside.”
“I made the line to pay for groceries.”
“He made a party to celebrate his son’s birthday.”
These phrases might sound off to the ears of...
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