How many Americans on this site speak Spanish as a 2nd language?
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I learned when I got married. It has helped me out numerous times and my children are also learning.
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Okay...\n\nSo if they speak spanish, then this changes the rules???
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Easy. The US is called a 'melting pot' by some people. And seriously hayleylov you actually expect someone to abandon their language and culture to become a 'true' American as you say? Well, I sure as hell would NEVER and will NEVER do that. I speak Spanish and all my American friends want to learn it. And it'll NEVER stop happening, as the US is growing every day.
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About 41 million people .\nApproximately 14 % of the total population of the USA .\n\nAround 64 % are of Mexican background , and 10 % are of Puerto Rican ancestry .
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I like to tell people that because I know Spanish as well as English, my world is twice as big. That means I can talk to almost anyone I meet in the Southwest United States, where so many speak both Spanish and English, instead of being limited to just English. Now if only I knew French, I could go to Canada and expand my world by another big percentage. Same with Russian or German or Portuguese or Chinese.
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Hello,\n\nThere are Spanish speaking individuals everywhere not just in the Southern part of Africa\n\nTake care
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Yes, he speaks Spanish much better than most Americans, and he's a friend of my President's. Good enough. Other than that, he's a moronic despotic fraud. Thank you for your attention and my two points.
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I never thought so. That's why I learned Spanish. Ahora, el español es una lengua del amor!
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yes there is like a 600 million people that speaks spanish, but if you want to practice with me, i'm here to help you, here's my email: numbpisces@yahoo.com
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I'd say if you live in America and you dont speak English, then English. If you do, then Spanish.
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Q: What do you call someone who speaks two languages?\nA: Bilingual.\n\nQ: What do you call someone who speak one language?\nA: American.\n\nIn many parts of the world, it's common to speak two or three languages.  Many places speak a European language as a second to their own, or a "lingua franca" for their region, such as Arabic (you can hear it from Morocco to Afghanistan) or Swahili (20+ African countries and 50+ million people).  \n\nThe Europeans, North Africans and Middle Easterners speak several languages because they are exposed to them regularly.  You'll find many Scandinavian and Baltic (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian) athletes who compete at the world level speak English because they receive English TV transmissions.  (The Baltic states listened to Finnish transmissions illegally.  The Finns didn't mind, but Moscow did!)\n\nFortunately, most who do listen to English broadcasts listen to BBC, and NOT to Mouthpiece of America - oops, Voice - VOA.  Sad to say, it's the English speakers who are the biggest morons and don't speak more than our own tongue.  Not taking my French classes seriously in elementary and high school was the second biggest mistake of my life.  (Listening to my parents was #1.)\n\nAnd to see idiot reichwingers in the US who think Americans speaking Spanish is a problem, I can only shake my head.  South America is 500+ million in size, is a growing economic power, they speak Spanish (except for Brazil), and the US wants to ban Spanish in schools and government.  Incredible. 9_9
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I agree with the three first question, QuestionWyrm  - gave you a great answer.\n\nThis must be because of the quantity of people with whom you (Americans) make business. \n\nSpanish is the fourth language in the world in terms of numbers of speakers ,over 330 million. While other sources list it as the second or third most spoken language. \n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApkLGf3tU7WA4seOsS0ljaLsy6IX?qid=1006051010802\n\nThose are the reasons, that's all, it has nothing to do with anybody trying to be more important or even trying to steal your country, life or anything like that.\n\nOn the other hand, i agree with you that immigrants should learn english, as long as they want to get better oportunities. And i'm sure many of the immigrants are aware of this situation, and they are learning english, i can bet on it!!!
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You will find that all Spanish speaking countries speak spanish.\n\nSeriously, go to http://www.fllt.udel.edu/span105/hisparl.html\nyou'll find the list of Spanish speaking countries there
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I speak 3 languages and English was not my first language.\nI believe in amersion in school. If it's an adult find a friend that speaks , writes and understands the language. Remember depending where you speak Spanish the dialects are different. New Mexicans speak different then Mexicians, Cubans different then the people in Spain. And so it goes. If you just focus on simple basic Spanish have a friend just teach you the basics and you'll be surprised how quickly you will adjust and plus an even more interesting insite to a different culture,and quite a great friendship!\nAsta La otra ves!
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Hi!! no creo que alguien pueda entender esta respuesta pero creeme que estoy arto de vivir aqui y me largare lo mas pronto posible!!\nRedneck land is not a very good place to live on, the only thing they do is brainless stupidity, they get on the fields (that most of the times are private property) and tear them up. then they drink and drive, they smoke their most loved drug, then they hate on others, they still live in 1950, and don't realize the thruth that hispanics are the second largest minority and I do know that within five years, they will become the majority, and perhaps within 20 years, spainsh will have to be their official languaje, I hate to say it but Americans are in danger of extintion.\n\nmy e-mail is   heron_fordx4@yahoo.com\n\nyou can e amil me and we can talk about some issues I have at school and my plan to fixe them is going to be fun, Im the only hispanic student in that school, and hopefully my plan will work, I will make every single one student make a fool out of their self by something nice and fun!!!
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English yes, Spanish no ...
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Spanish is easier than French or English.