Talk:Mock Spanish

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 14 January 2019 and 7 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ew6848a, WikiMaxPeyraGrau, Sc4057. Peer reviewers: Sophielina16, Sbobrowsky126, Wkim456, Ah5234a, Mburnns, Dinara.bb, Lauratoner01.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 August 2021 and 10 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): MerodioJJ. Peer reviewers: Rdow, Warddrew, Simpson Hannah, Zerocarey, Tedrickja.

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Should we focus more on the grammar?
Why is there so much focus on the societal implications or ramifications than on the grammar and systems, like what aspects of Spanish are applied?Simplificationalizer (talk) 15:08, 23 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello there, I have fortunately removed the words, "some people", as it is not necessary and instead thought that the argument presented in the article considers Mock Spanish as covert racism to all Spanish speaking people. Also, I have found some citations to help expand and improve the article, such as these: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-americans-speak-mock-spanish-heres-why-thats-problem/, and this website: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43103049,
 * Sincerely, 49.192.44.178 (talk) 02:54, 7 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Why? Because this entire article is rubbish. There's even a "some people" in it for god's sake. Someone should purge this thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.223.98.65 (talk) 06:49, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Peer Review
I think you did a good job explaining what "Mock Spanish" means and the history of it/how it originated. I really like how in the very first paragraph you introduced the readers to what the term means and provided various examples, showing where and how the mock Spanish was used. In addition, at the end of the first paragraph you slightly touched on both perspectives: it being racist and it being harmless, also backing the second stance by the opinion of the monolingual Anglo-Americans. Such way of introducing the argument and both sides of it really helps the audience to understand what the article will be partially focusing on, without trying to force a certain perspective on them from the very beginning. Also, I think it is good that the anthropologists' research was brought up in the article, since it really dives deeper into the matter and the way it is written makes it easy to follow. However, in the second paragraph when you were talking about Hill's research and then brought up Laura Callahan, she was not introduced properly. Furthermore, maybe you could expand on Adam Schwartz a bit more, e.g. what kind of author he is, what his writing is usually about/why is he so relevant regarding this matter apart from bringing up mock Spanish in one of his works. Additionally, I would recommend putting in more headers, instead of so much unbroken text, so that it is visually easier to navigate and easier to read overall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dinara.bb (talk • contribs) 07:50, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Peer Review: Wkim456

Going off the previous review I like how unbiased it is. Not just in the introduction, but throughout the page I like how you show both sides of the dialogue. Some pages can be to biased, but this does a good job of going back and forth so that the reader is able to decide for themselves whether or not its racist. As also previously stated you need for subheadings. I think you could easily have one for the history as well as the background. I also think you could insert a heading for major anthropologists studying mock spanish. The last thing I would recommend is to link to the organizations USEnglish, ProEnglish and English First.

You can tell whether there is a bigoted connotation intended from the tone the person uses to randomly drop these words in a conversation. And from hundreds of personal experiences and other people with similar stories it is rarely, if ever, meant as a compliment. On the contrary there’s thinly veiled undertone that Spanish in their minds is a simple language that resembles a humorous pidgin version of English. The name says it all, “Mock” Spanish. An equivalent for (Mock) French doesn't really exist for example. People who use French words actually make a significant effort to pronounce them as close to the French pronunciation as possible, some going as far as using French phonemes. Some users of French words give the impression that they appear more intelligent and sophisticated when they drop French words in conversation. A phenomenon that definitely does not exist with using Spanish words. Those mimicking Spanish words seem to revel in pronouncing them incorrectly, sometimes eliciting a laughing fit.