Spanglish?

For as proud a people as Peruvians are, they certainly use a lot of English in their everyday speech. Here’s the list:

1. Twist off - For bottles

2. Full - As in ‘lleno’ or a lot of something

3. Trailer - For movies

4. Crazy - Loco

5. Hello - Usually when answering the phone

6. Brother - What happened to 'hermano’?

7. Watch-i-man - Name used for a guard or a 'watchman’

8. Gay

9. Spoiler - Telling someone about a movie

10. Laptop

11. Fan - Aficionado

When I need to ask for an American brand name item, I find myself having to use a Spanish accent. Such as Facebook, Twitter, Coca Cola, names of bars (Frogs, Wild Rover), names of US states, and names of sport equipment (Nike is pronounced like 'mike’). Living abroad has never been so linguistically interesting.