Have you ever been to cancun? it's kinda nice when you're in a foreign country and you can understand the language!\n\nIt's even nicer when people dont give you crap because you dont speack spanish!
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I have been to Cancun. It was nice. Yes, most people spoke English, not all though. I dont have a problem with people speaking Spanish here, in fact I speak Spanish here sometimes too, at work they gave me a hard time that I was talking to a Cuban co-worker in Spanish, people thought that we were talking about them, I think that is stupid, like we had nothing better to talk about than them. It got to be a real issue. But understand, it is discriminitory for them to tell us we cannot speak Spanish (not to mention ridiculous). So go ahead and talk it up.
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I learned a good deal of Spanish, just living in California, and working with mostly hispanics.  I think the best way to learn Spanish is to be around nothing but Spanish-speaking natives.  You would learn Spanish the fastest, by studying a Spanish book (from your schools library or Spanish class) and taking a 6 month vacation to a non-tourist area of Mexico, and just try to make some friends.  This may not be practical, but you would learn the dilects and 'figures of speech' etc. that cannot be taught in a textbook.
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I have stayed last Xmas two weeks there. I liked it a lot, wish to go again there. A lot of people speak English and German so you should have no problem, I didn't. Is is relatively cheap. For places to have fun there are a lot but you have to find them for yourself (this ca get very exciting actually)
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PANCHA...  You are comparing burritos to tamales...\n\nYes, I've been to Mexico, and while I was there I spoke English.  And 'no', it is not hypocritical, the reason being that...  I NEVER INTENDED TO LIVE AND WORK THERE!\n\nC'mon, Pancha!  If you were to win a 2-week European vacation that was to include stays in France, Germany, Italy, are you telling me that you would attempt to gain fluency in those national languages before you would take the vacation?\n\nOf course you wouldn't...\nDisregarding the fact that a command of English will 'get you by' in any of those countries, it just wouldn't be a necessary thing to do for such a short stay.  If, after visiting, you decided you wanted to live and work in one of those countries, then it would be a different story.  Different because there are certain social congresses that require some command of a nation's language in order to facilitate a practical 'day-to-day' existence IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WHILE...\n\nPANCHA, you know I respect your opinions on these issues, but please take my advice:\n\nDO AWAY WITH THESE FACILE ARGUMENTS OF YOURS...\nThey make you come across as a bubble-gum chewing adolescent with an axe to grind,... simply because her teacher told her to grind it.\n\nThink,... THEN speak!\n\np.s.  I'm sorry, PANCHA,... but did you get my point?
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some people pick up on languages faster than others.  sounds like you cousin did a good job...but i can show you many other from germany that haven't picked it up all that well.\ni do think its only fair that if one plans to live in a country for any amount of time they should try to learn the language, but i think people are not near as tolerant as they should be about this...its hard, it takes time.  i spent a year in czech republic, and though i learned enough czech to get by, it was far from fluent, and not for lack of trying.\nthen it gets complicated, as people tend to try to live around those that are similar to them, its more comforting, and easier, and frankly given some of the xenophobia displayed lately i can't much blame anyone for not wanting to be the first south american in a neighborhood.  but this clustering makes it less urgent to learn the language and more difficult.\nas for the press 2...its a sure sign that immigrants (illegal) don't just suck the country dry.  business recognize there is money to be made by making their company more accessible to these people, or they wouldn't be putting in bi-lingual services...think large companies just do these things out of the goodness of their corporate heart? no.  its for money.
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What is the problem with learning another language? in Europe, people speak more than two languages. Don't you know that a part of your brain is innactive and opens up as you learn another language? That makes you smarter lol. No wonder Europeans have no respect for you. Open your horizons, wake up, this world is not only american-caucasians owned.\nAnd no, you don't need to learn spanish to move around in the States, you don't even need it to go to Mexico, like so many that live there and won't learn spanish, but it doesn't hurt to do so.
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I've been on holiday to Malta, many people speak English as their first or second language, you will have no problems being understood. The cost of living, is reasonable, but bear in mind it is a tourist destination, so some places are quite expensive.
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OK, I'm a native spanish speaker and here's my experience:\n\nWe admire the effort that non-spanish people do to communicate with us. Latin-americans are usually afraid to speak in English for the same reason... they don't have a nice accent. And most of the time they prefer to remain silent or ask someone else to speak for them. It's our culture. So when we hear a non-spanish speaker trying to communicate with us in spanish, even if their spanish isn't very good... we don't laugh!\n\nOK, that works for most of the people... but there would only be mean people... that's for sure!!!
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alot! its not just the opening, it can take years to get established, especially when there are so many great Spanish bars, can you speak Spanish? how are you going to get suppliers that do not rip you off if you don't! its a great idea but just be careful, I've seen countless people loose all there hard earned savings in this country, and countless ruthless people try to relive you of it.
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OK first of all, to begin with do not, i repeat, do not listen to any of this people! Because the truth is that they have no experience in anything that they have previously wrote, seriously. They are just people wasting their time on their computer answering questions on Yahoo! They do not know how the rest of the world is and they just judge.  Anyways, this is the wrong place to ask this kind of question. I know cause I have no experience, cause i've never been to Mexico. But seriously all of us are just bored, with nothing to do! What kind of person spends their time answering quetions on Yahoo if not a bored one. Or someone who has nothing to do? Don't take advise from bored people they are just looking for fun!
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I have been around alot of mexicans,for the past 10 years and most of them can speak english they just choose not to because of everything that goes on.so actually they are very smart people because can speak 2 languages,and write in both also.mexicans are good people that has to put up with alot of bull.
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Part of the issue is ignorance, another part is ego-centrism.  People seem to always assume when they hear two people talking in another language that the speakers must be somehow talking about the non-speakers.\n\nAnother part is that many people here feel put off  and less 'superior' if there are people speaking other languages around them.  I speak three languages other than English.  I am a LEGAL immigrant.  I take every chance to speak any of my languages as a chance to share, develop and practice skills.\n\nIt also gives me an understanding of how people think from other cultures.  If you refuse to learn other languages/deal with non-English speakers, you limit yourself.\n\nEnglish, for the most part will always be 'under attack' and will also always be the common language in the US.  As new groups come here from other countries (not just South America and the Carribean) those languages will be heard as well.  Give the current group of immigrants two generations and let's see how many still can't speak English.
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If you live in the US, it would be more helpful to learn Mexican or Central American Spanish, Cuban Spanish if you live in Florida or New York.  Puerto Rican speakers can pretty much talk to everyone.  I still think Costa Rica would be a good choice, even with a lot of English speakers there to help you through the rough spots. They'll be speaking mostly Spanish with some US slang thrown in, but you probably can't escape "hey" "baby" and "wussup" no matter where you go today.
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I don't know if you are being racist but you are not being realistic. You live in S. Texas what do you expect. There are many Spanish speaking people there. So who is more employable, a person who speaks only English or someone who is bilingual. You don't have to learn Spanish to work in this country but it couldn't hurt when you live on the Mexican border in what used to be a Mexican territory. Just being born in America doesn't entitle you to a job or move you ahead of other Americans who may not have been born here, or were and choose to retain the language of their culture. In this free market economy there is a demand for Spanish speaking employees in S. Texas. It is ultimately your decision if you want to make yourself more marketable or not.
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Hello, Well I'm interested in learn english languaje. I speak spanish by native, I'm from mexico. We can learn together. What you think?? Do you want?? Maybe by e-mail, messenger, skype or something like that.\n\nIf you are interested please contact me: manuel220@yahoo.com
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In Europe countries that speak different language are closer together geographically so it makes sense to lean other languages. In the states there is Spanish to the south and a little French in parts of Canada. Many people in the southwest do speak Spanish. It’s hard to learn and keep up fluency if you don’t use it a lot.
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Think about it. If you were to emigrate to another country that speaks Spanish, do you think the locals would all learn English just for you? Hell no. They would expect you to learn the country's official language. I don't see why that is such a hard concept for some people to grasp.