Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1899 — Our New Dialect. [ARTICLE]

Our New Dialect.

The effort of our Porto Ricans to adapt themselves to ehanged conditions is reflected amusingly in a San Juan paper, which print* every day a little lesson in English. Here is one installment, the San Juan conception of correct pronunciation being shown by the phrases at the right: How are you? se pronuncia Hau aa iu? Quite well, thank you. se pronuncia Kuait uel, zenk iu. And your family? se pronuncia Eind iua femili? Not very well. se pronuncia Natt veri uel. Who is sick? se pronouncia Hu iz sik? My boy. se pronuncia Mai boi. Good-by. - se pronuncia Gud-bai. Probably the Porto Ricans will ultimately discover some of these linguistic curios, but “send in” and “gud-bai” are delightful enough to deserve to survive.