The fusion of Latin and Anglo-American cultures in South Florida in the latter half of the 20th century has created a new dialect, linguists say. Known as Miami English, the increasingly popular ...

Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of those things where if everybody speaks the same way, then it’s not odd,” ...

Pero, like, take a minute and tell me if this makes sense to you. You got to work and got down from the car. You went into your office and put the light. Claro, you had to dim it because it was super ...

“He made a party to celebrate his son’s birthday.” These phrases might sound off to the ears of most English-speaking Americans. In Miami, however, they’ve become part of the local parlance. According ...

A new dialect, born of mingling between English and Spanish speakers has been heard in some parts of Miami recently. The Cuban revolution in 1959 saw thousands of Spanish speakers arrive on the shores ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Philip M. Carter, professor of linguistics at Florida International University, about a new Spanish-influenced dialect of English being spoken in Southern Florida. If you ...

Have you ever wondered what English would sound like if it danced to the rhythm of Latin beats? In the vibrant streets of Miami, a linguistic phenomenon known as 'Miami English' has been quietly ...

Bilingual Spanish and English speakers make up the majority of the Miami-Dade County population. As a result, phrases like "throw a photo" and "make a party" have become commonplace in the region. One ...

Sometimes you can tell where someone is from by the way they talk. New Yorkers, Bostonians, Chicagoans — their accents are distinct, recognizable. The Miami accent is harder to pinpoint. But there is ...

The latest from Curbed Miami... 1) Mi-Ah-Mi: Oye, there's something, like, so totally gratifying about the fact that Miami has its own well established diaaalect of the English language. It's the ...

Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of those things where if everybody speaks the same way, then it’s not odd,” ...