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Most of the studies provide examples of the male use of caló, but there is recent research that shows that female cholas and pachucas also have an extensive vocabulary in caló.
Beloved by working-class audiences, the peladito, using caló (Spanish slang) and pochismos (Americanisms), particularly poked fun at the acculturation of Mexicans who couldn’t speak Spanish and pointed out to them American discrimination against Mexicans.
The pachuco speech, a combination of English and Spanish, also called caló, was a fascinating fusion drawing from many linguistic sources.
Caló was originally the language of the Spanish gypsies, or a dialect of Spanish showing traces of many languages acquired by the gypsies throughout their world wanderings.
There are many studies that examine the Spanish spoken by Chicanos and several published dictionaries of Chicano Spanish and of caló.
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