By: Aaron Hayag & Cheyanne Tarango

Since jargon and slang are elements found in Language Variation, we decided to quiz each other with slang words we learned from the region we grew up in.

Cheyanne – “SoCal” (reveals a lot of Spanish influence)

Aaron – Philippines (though technically not a “region”, English is still considered as one of the official languages in the Philippines so a lot of the slang words are actually in English; similar to how the word “bigpella” in one of the Hawaiian Pidgin languages we learned in class comes from the English phrase “big fellow” but with a slightly different meaning)