How to Speak Puerto Rican, by Q. Reyes – Artistic Warfare #87

November 29, 2010 Q. Reyes 8 Comments

Most everyone knows that “Puerto Rican” is not a language; however, there is a small group of people out there that believes “Puerto Rican” is a dialect derivative from the Mexican language  – since after all – they’re the same people that believe Puerto Rico is the capital of Mexico.

These idiots are absolutely wrong; since Puerto Rico is not the capital of Mexico… it’s the capital of the World!  You can go to any country in the world and run into a Puerto Rican.  How do we do this? Easy.  By being awesome.

Puerto Rico is a small island in the Caribbean.  We have Dominican Republic/Haiti to our West, and the Virgin Islands to our right.  If you have ever met a Puerto Rican then you know we all don’t look alike.  We have Puerto Ricans from as white as snow with green eyes to as dark as night with huge man-cables.

Puerto Rican is a mixture of Native American, Spanish and Black, so it’s really hard to pin point a certain “look” – yet, there’s something about Puerto Ricans that make us very distinguishable.  We have a certain swag… a certain smoothness mixed in with pride and rhythm.

My words maybe biased since I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, but that doesn’t mean that these words aren’t true! So, to contradict what I’ve been saying so far, there is a Puerto Rican language.  It’s a language that is truly distinct from other languages.

For many years we’ve been able to maintain our own native culture while being able to dwell with our American influence. This allows us to do business with you in English and curse you out in Spanish.  We’re able to date women from all over the world without it seeming like an interracial coupling.  Our women are some of the most desired women in the universe.  Could it be the tight jeans they wear? Or is it the merchandise that those jeans hold?  Who knows!?

Bottom line, if you want to speak Puerto Rican, you need to understand that it’s not about words, sounds, syllables.  It’s about being passionate about whatever ideas you may have.  You speak Puerto Rican through pride from where you’re from and excitement about what you have to offer.

The best way to learn to speak Puerto Rican is by loving Puerto Ricans.  Fellows, if you find a Puerto Rican lady – keep her.  She’ll make you gain twenty pounds but it will be all worth it.  Ladies… it’s really simple:  Find your local Puerto Rican man and show him some love.  Hit me on Twitter @qreyes