el dequeísmo y demás -ismos

22:56 Nov 10, 2008 

If these were written rather than oral, the 1st that springs to mind is the misplaced apostrophe. However, that won't work here.

Another one you frequently hear is "I'm sat" instead of "I'm sitting" and "he's stood" instead of "he's standing". Don't know that it's an ism though!

21:15 Nov 10, 2008 

What I think the writer means here is a type of Spanish which is becoming more commonly accepted a bit like the English used by certain presenters on English TV. I would just put a few more or less related things eg he don't, innit etc. It's not a case of "totally whatever" since that's "correct". The writer here is referring to mistakes which have entered into every day Spanish. Le instead of lo and de que instead of que, often used by "uneducated" people trying to sound educated - at the risk of sounding a snob.

18:35 Nov 10, 2008 

If you want another couple of examples of typical mistakes, it's very common in Scotland to mix up the past simple and the past participle, for example 'I seen my mum last night' or 'I've did it wrong'. I don't know if this is so common in other parts of the UK though. The plural 'yous' is used a lot in Scotland and the north east of England, but some might argue that this isn't incorrect usage...

18:28 Nov 10, 2008 

This reminds me of valley girl talk. (You know, like it's totally whatever.) The girls in question are Spanish though ...