I am hispanic and I meet girls (In America) who speak english but i lose my words when I talk to them, even my friends who speak english and, as a result, I can't go out with them or have a normal relationship with them.
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Practice, practice, practice.\n\nYou sound shy. My boyfriend had to learn English too. When we met he barely spoke English, but it didn't stop the attraction. Once we started dating he decided to get to know the language better. He still gets tongue tied around Americans but we understand each other perfectly. (he says 80%). Either way...it just takes practice. So suffer a little now and you will feel better later.\n\nGood luck. It worked for me...and I am so glad that we met.
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Well its not nessecarly a good or bad thing. People tell me all the time that I talk like a white girl because I speak with correct English. I take it as a complement saying that I have a professional speaking voice instead of taking it as an insult. So dont really pay any attentions to it. Whenever you are in an enviroment where most of the people there are alike but you stand out things like that are bound to happen. So just embrase it as a complement instead of being upset about it. Some people like to say things like that and act like you are the outcast when you are really just being yourself and not like them.
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I live in Spain and find it difficult to accept the Tourists that come here and try pronouncing Spanish correctly, its so annoying, I am English but lived here for over 4 years and have a good knowledge of the Spanish language, I'm not perfectly fluent yet, but I am fairly good,  I do at least know how to pronounce Spanish correctly.  So I know what you mean.
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I am very sorry for that. It really is terrible how people discriminate against ANY culture just because they are like another. ANYWAY they shouldn't discriminate against the first one in the first place! I live in a city with a high Latino population, and everytime anyone says "Mexican" I feel that I need to correct them. It has gotten me into some sticky situations, but I've also made some friends through it. I am a Spanish student and it disgusts me to see how people can just pretend that because they speak Spanish they must be bad. It makes me SICK. I lived in Spain for a while to practice my Spanish and even though I was American *most* (not all, just most) of the people there could still respect me. And when I speak to the Latinos in my city they can still respect me even though I am not the same race as them. And it's amazing, it's not even just latinos either. It is anyone who speaks Spanish. My host family sent their daughter here and everyone was rude to her simply because she spoke with a Spanish accent.\n\nOne last rant and then I am done.\n\nSo my friend and I did an experiment. Even if we are AMERICAN and we speak in Spanish, will they do the same thing? The answer is yes. We went downtown and spoke in Spanish to each other for the day. If someone spoke to us we answered in English, with our American accents, and we were still treated the same way. So my conclusion is that it isn't just the people themselves that are Latino or Hispanic that are discriminated against, but the whole Spanish language.\n\nThis didn't really answer your question....sorry....
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ok first of all the girl , NICE OF HER HAVE SHY FEELINGS ...\n\nbut not so much ... and at ur case at school bcs of ur poor english ... dont worry about thats much bcs many dont worry about thats ...\n\nif not in ur school ...u must know thats after littel while u will know how to speak it very good ...\n\njust dont thinking much thats ...if u had mistaks in speaking it ...thats will make u silly to others ...bcs all ppl every day they learning somthing new ...\n\njust remembere thats well \n\ngood luck for u
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Start by taking English classes.  I am not being mean, just pointing out that it is difficult to understand you.  It will help if you can speak the language.
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Sure, so let's have them not learn English.  Now they can't get educated because classes are in English. They cannot get a good job because American businesses operate in English.  They cannot even go to the grocery store and guarantee that they will be understood.  Hispanics should not be forced to learn English but they should be encouraged to take that option when presented.
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Hey,\nI also am an immigrant that came in the US without knowing english very well, so i know what u're talking about. But i think u shouldnt let urself down like that, try to talk to people around u (for sure there is at least one person who will be willing to help).U need to make friends who speak "good" english in order to improve urs. U need to push urself harder and be confident. U know most of the people that laughed at u are all ignorant and idiot don't get depressed because of that it's not worth it. Try to be outgoing, speak english whenever u can, go to parks, or wherever u can find people and talk to them, be friendly i'm sure they'll understand, dont be ashamed of ur accent or whatever. Motivate urself and dont put in ur mind that u r not good, believe in urself.\nAnd please do not hesitate to write me whenever u r feeling down, i wanna help u. How old r u?\nDon't quit ok?\nAnd who told u that u were ugly? Nobody is ugly in this world u just have to be beautiful inside. Just be urself and dont pay attention of what people say...i'm sure u dont need plastic surgery, u just need to b confident and trust urself....u dont need to be handsome or whatever to make friends.
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cos speaking spanish requires this twist of tongue that only the natives can do it (or so it seems). it might help to converse frequently with real spanish people or live in a spanish populated area for a period of time.
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It's true.  I do think that girls from my own ethnicity are easier to obtain and that other girls because of the racial barrier are harder.  In terms of disrepect, then you are hanging out with the wrong crowd.  \n\nI would think that the interactions from my own ethnicity are more normal, we have something to talk about, we like nearly the same things, and the person is different enough for it to be interesting but not so where it is weird.  \n\nAbnormal interactions occurs when you have nothing in common, like talking to a Muslim/Jew about Christmas.  That's abnormal.\n\nIn short, I do believe that I can get a better looking girl from my own ethnicity than if I would a white girl, but I dont notice any disrepect from my myself, relatives or friends.  You are attracting self hating racist losers.
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At least you only have to worry about Spanish, where I live we have to do everything pretty much in English, Spanish and Hmong.  \n\nI was in line at the DMV and the young Hispanic gentelman in front of me needed an interpreter so he could get his paperwork filled out for his license.  God help us all, if they can't read the forms and such or understand when things are explained to them, how the heck can they read the signs.
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I suggest learning english first.  Studies show that you think in the language you speak.  And obviously your language is degraded.  Try an upgrade.
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Most people outside of America speaks more than 1 language. Personally, I speak, read, and write 4 different languages.
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LOL No. It's an every day occurrence where I live. The town I live in is extremely multi-cultural. The people are from very diverse cultural backgrounds, and there are people around here who speak a myriad of languages. Most of them speak at least a little English too, but when they are together in groups, they speak their native language, and why not?  They aren't talking to me, so why would I care what language they are speaking?
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yeah i know...hispanics are going through a hard time right with the american goverment and some of the people.is it racism? i don't know because i'm not american.i could never thrash a another person race or religon.
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Try to talk slowly and clearly, take your time and dont panic if they can't understand UK people can be quite rude to you if you don't speak english clearly but ignore them because they probably don't speak it properly anyway
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Some ppl just treasure the English language and find it so annoying that other ppl refuse to speak properly. It's like one of those things that just really gets to them and they can't help it.\n\nFor me, it can be a little confusing to try and understand what they r trying to say. But as long as they're understood i guess it doesn't really matter.