"Come and do a brunch!", "Have you watched the latest podcast on streaming?", "We are waiting for the deadline and I have not received feedback...". Perhaps these phrases no longer grate on you. Perhaps you've heard or read them so often that you've even incorporated them into your repertoire without giving it much thought. In just a few decades, the use of Anglicisms has become ubiquitous, especially in the digital sphere, but also in the world of work, popular culture, and folk culture. Given this situation, it's worth asking the following question: is this usage a natural evolution of the language or is it a symptom of a certain sociolinguistic fragility? In Menorca, for example, it's common for houses to have boínderos (of bow window, arched window), which is written on the blackboard with a crash (of chalk, plaster) or when there are too many people in one place, they are as narrow as pins (of pilchard, sardine). This, in this article from ARA Baleares, has been part of the linguistic landscape of Menorca since, between 1708 and 1802, the island experienced three periods of British domination.

If we look back, we'll realize that the case of English in Menorca is not unique either. Catalan has borrowed words from other languages since its inception. From Arabic, it has borrowed words like 'tile' and 'laundry room'; from French, 'garage', 'hotel', 'garden', and 'bureaucracy'; from Spanish, 'hangover' and 'blackboard'; and from Italian, 'macarro', 'broccoli', and 'sonet'. In fact, when a language borrows words from another out of necessity, there is no problem; it is rather considered a way of enriching the vocabulary.

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