03-05-2007, 10:51 AM
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Location: Caracas- Venezuela
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Originally Posted by elmeromero
Does anyone have any opinions as to the richness of English Slang relative to that of other languages? Is English slang more or less rich than Spanish slang, Portuguese slang, etc.?
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If you want to compare English slang to that of other languages like Portuguese, in my opinion practically every single romance language (Spanish included) is richer in every single aspect (slang included) than English. Simply because grammar and lexical structures in most romance languages are more complex, and at the same time more flexible (there are always thousands of ways to say the same thing, and thousands of expressions that convey the same meaning). Now if you are comparing British vs. American slang .you know the old saying …British and Americans have everything in common but the language (jeje) .
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