English in New Mexico more likely to show monophthongization of . Scholarship on the English of New Mexico mentions mostly the region's unique vocabulary. The vocabulary of the Spanish and Native American languages has mixed with the English of New Mexico, leading to unique loanwords and interjections. Multiple places across New Mexico also have names originating from various language other than English, including New Mexican Spanish, Navajo, and Tiwa; thus, some places have multiple names. Some characteristic usage in English (often borrowed from Spanish): English in New Mexico English in New Mexico refers to varieties of Western American English and Chicano English native to
Lee (English given name) Lee (English given name) Lee is a given name derived from the English surname Lee (which is ultimately from a placename derived from Old English "leah" "clearing; meadow"). As the surname of Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), the name became popular in the American South after the Civil War, its popularity peaking in 1900 at rank 39 as a masculine name, and in 1955 at rank 182 as a feminine name. The name's popularity declined steadily in the second half of the 20th century, falling below rank 1000 by 1991 as a feminine name, and to 666 as of 2012 as