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As I mentioned in the strangely defunct discussion about Anglo- Romance, I plan to create an Anglo-Spanish language designed to be the extrapolated and exaggerated result of the current melding of Anglophone and Hispanophone cultures and languages in the U.S. Design principles include a basically Spanish phonology and orthography with a few added diacritical characters to represent some uniquely American English sounds. Following the current trend in which Spanish is adapting many Anglicisms, vocabulary will likely be mostly English based (but not without significant Spanish contributions). Grammar is based, so far at least, on the precept that, as Anglophones are more and more exposed to Hispanics and their language, some will begin to mock or imitate some of the grammatical aspects they find most interesting. This mockery would then supposedly evolve into a standard part of the new American language. Here are the first scribblings of what I hope I will find promising enough to continue. I'd love some feedback, especially in these early stages. I have so far come up with a phonology, subject and object pronouns, present tense regular verb conjugations, and present and past tenses of "sar" (to be) and "haver" (to have). Check it out and give me any comments or suggestions you may have! Pronunciation a as in English "all" â English "a" as in "cat" b as in English c before `e' or `i', as in English "receive"; before anything else, as in English "cake" d as in English e as in English "bed" f as in English g before `e' or `i', as in English "gentle"; before anything else, as in English "go" h as in English "hot" i as the /ee/ in English "feet" î as in English "will" j as in English k as in English l as in English m as in English n as in English o as in English "note" p as in English q as in English r as in English s as in English t as in English u as the /oo/ in English "tooth" û as in English "but" v as in English w as in English x as in English y as in English, but used only as a consonant z as in English ai as in Spanish ei as the /é/ in English "fiancé" ch as in English and Spanish sh as in English th as in English Regular Verbs (Present and Preterit Tenses) Infinitive: lûnchar = to have lunch aio lûncho wi lûnchamîs tu lûnchas yu lûnchait hi, shi, li lûncha thei lûnchan aio lûndo wi lûndamîs tu lûndas yu lûndait hi, shi, li lûnda thei lûndan NOTE: As a morphology of the English "ed" inflection, regular preterit tenses are formed by removing the consonant preceding the infinitive ending "ar" and adding regular present tense inflections to the resulting stem. In cases of consonant clusters, any consonant preceding the one immediately before the "ar" that would be difficult to pronounce when followed by a "d" is also removed. sar = to be (Present and Preterit Tenses) aio sâm wi sarmîs tu ars yu art hi, shi, li ist thei sarn aio wo wi wermîs tu wers yu wert hi, shi, li wa thei wern haver = to have (Present and Preterit Tenses aio havo wi havamîs tu has yu hat hi, shi, li ha thei haven aio hado wi hadmîs tu hades yu hadet hi, shi, li had thei hand Object Pronouns mi nûs te ye lo, la les