Ghetto Salvadoran Valley girl...?

I have the strangest accent ever, in my opinion. A combination of three influences slip out when I speak (in English, or course). 1) Ghetto (as in Bay Area ghetto, yadadamean?), 2) Salvadoran (there are certain words that I can't pronounce correctly, such as organization; it sounds like I'm saying "organ-isssss-a-shun") and 3) Valley girl (Like totally). But I can't help it! Want to know why?

Well, first of all I like to brag that I come from the Itty Bitty Little City by the water (Vallejo), and I grew up in what I like to call an "urban suburban" community. It rubs off one you, you know? I might have been born in San Francisco (My mom jokes with me and claims that I was born in San Francisco Gotera, El Salvador, but that's not what my birth certificate says! LOL), but the V-town is my home! I might not be the best, but I'm as ghetto as ghetto can come.

If I haven't said it enough, I am 100% Salvadoran. Both of my parents emigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador in the 1980s, and I grew up speaking Spanish first in my own home. I didn't speak fluent English until I was like 6 years old. In kindergarten my teacher was considering to put me in the ESL (English as a Second Language) class, but the ESL teacher said I would be fine. So since I have two languages I fully understand, I sometimes have to stop and think about what I'm about to say, because it can get confusing sometimes. And the accent slips in and out.

And then of course, I am a CALIFORNIA GIRL, so whether I like it or not, I talk like a Valley girl. I say "like" all the time! I annoy myself sometimes, but hey, it comes naturally to me! I use totally a lot, um, and like yeah...hahaha!

So combine those three accents and you get me, Emmy, the ghetto Salvadoran Valley girl, yup!