The PBS excerpt reveals a distinct U.S. English dialect that linguist Carmen Fought has identified as Chicano English. Fought (2005) defines Chicano English as “a dialect spoken mainly by people of Mexican ethnic origin in California and the Southwest.” Fought has argued that the significance of studying Chicano English corresponds with its root in bilingual settings. In fact, according to Fought, Chicano English comes from the historical migration of Spanish speaking people to the English speaking United States. Although the origins of Chicano English are found in its English and Spanish, it has morphed into its own distinct dialect. For example, a common mistake that people have is that people who speak Chicano English are bilingual. This
