Interview a hispanic who has been in the U.S. for a long time. Tell me if Spanish is still used in the home?
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I've lived about 20 years in the U.S.  and only speak English at home.\nAs for the  the second question: No, I've never experienced discrimination
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English and a little Spanish
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Spanish is a growing language in the United States. Those who have latino(s) heritage are growing in great numbers and will outnumber any other minority group soon. \n\nIn order to accomodate this growing population, bilinugal "aids" have been added. This group may help decide who our future leaders will be. \n\nAs for learning a new language- it's fun and and it's worthwhile. Americans are so egocentric. Citizens in other countries know more than one language and are able to get along just fine. \n\nPara mi, me gusta much espanol. Estudio en la escuela secondara y en la universidad. \n\nComprende?
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If you love Spanish, and are fluent or are Spanish go have a wonderful life, My Sister lived in Spain but never spoke much Spanish, she loved it there and sent a flight for our mother to go visit while her husband was stationed there in the service.
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by the look of your avatar, you don't exactly like in the middle of kansas, miss nyc chick. you couldn't be in a better place to learn spanish, yet people on the post are telling you to take classes for a language spoken by the largest growing minority...... ummmmmm...... think about that. go stand on 125th street(that's pronounced "a hun-twunnie fiff stree" for non new yorkers) and see how quickly you will learn spanish. the point is, submerge yourself with spanish on purpose. lee las periodicas, y mira las noticias en la manana mientras esta haciendo desayuno, todo!! ya kno
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from the spaniards. remember they stayed in our country for more than 100 years??
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No way...did that really happen? No...we do not want to be like Mexico. Every immigrant that comes to America (legally) should adopt this nations cultures and values regardless of where they are from. I am third generation Mexican-American, and I don't even know Spanish. In fact, my grandfather fought in WWII for the US and my other grandfather who served as a Christian Pastor had sons including my father who served in the US military and Vietnam. My family has always been here legally though, and even my grandfather who knew Spanish always preached....You're in America...speak English. So no, I don't think it's a bad thing to be of Mexican heritage, or any other for that matter, as long as you are a contribution to our society and not a burden. But if you are going to live in this country and migrate from another one, you should above all things FIRST be an AMERICAN. You chose this country...it did not choose you.
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You consider all of yahoo answers to be classmates?  Okay, a little strange...but okay.\n\n1. When do you start classes at the University?\na.  No las comenzo, ya he terminado con mi educación. (I'm not starting them, I've already finished with my education.)\n\n2.  What time does the spanish class start?\na. ?Quién sabe? (Who knows?)\n\n3. When the teacher speaks spanish, do you understand?\na.  Si, le entiendo bien. (yes, i understand him/her well)\n\n4. What time do the stores close?\na. Aquí, las tiendas cierran a las 9 de la noche. (here, the stores close at 9 pm)\n\n5. Tonight, do you prefer to go to the movies, to a concert, or to a disco?\na. Prefiero quedarme en casa con mis libros y con mi marido.  (I prefer to stay at home with my books and my husband.)\n\n6. Do you want to go to the theater Saturday?\na. ?Cómo no? (Why not?)\n\n7. Do you want to go to an italian restaurant or do you prefer to eat mexican food?\na. Prefiero comer la comida mexicana, pero a tí, ?qué te apetece? (I prefer to eat mexican food, but what do you feel like?)\n\n8. Do you lose the keys often?\na. Pierdo todo muy a menudo.  (I lose everything very often!)\n\nEspero que te ayuden mis respuestas.
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Continuing my grammatical corrections from your first post...\n\nOf course, there were situations that affected my academic records either positively or negatively. The fact that I traveled a lot made me more respectful of those who come from different cultural backgrounds and also made me fluent in three languages. I am looking forward to learning Spanish someday. One of my negative situations, quite recently, I had two jobs and was also a full-time student. I was so overwhelmed that I couldn’t do everything at once and, in the end, I had to drop one of my classes. Of course, I took it again and completed with a B+. However, this negative experience does have a bright side. It is true that it costs me money and time, but since then I have understood that my only full-time job is being a student.\n\nGood luck.
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Cuantos anos?  Compre una casa para gatos y tu.  (Mi espanol is muy mal. Pardon.)
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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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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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Scot, Welsh, and English mixed with native American.  I speak  English mixed  with some Spanish.  How can one pick what's best?
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I am Hispanic and I have a Hispanic accent. So once I put a message on my machine that sounded just like Cheech Marin of the Cheech and Chong days.  \n\nI said "Hey Man, what yu doin?! There is nobody at home, man. The door was locked... but I found a window open.. yu want to leave a message, man?  Hey, good talking to you, man. I gotta get back to my work, before they come home.."\n\nNot knowing about my message, my mom called me. She listened, was real quiet... then she tells my brother, "there is someone in Joe's house, I don't think he is there... some foreigner, I think."\n\nI quickly had to tell my brother that it was me, and shortly after that, I deleted the message.
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Buena idea. Yo estoy estudiando, y espero que algun dia puedo hablar mejor que ahora.\n\nEspanol es una lengua muy bonita y casi toda la gente en el mundo pueden hablar mas que una lengua y por eso estoy tratando apprender mas que una por mi parte.
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I just don't know if you are referring Latinos as a whole or to an specific group. I know that must people that were born south of the USA, may speak the same way because after all Spanish is their native tongue, so when they move to speak English they may have sort of similar accent. Let me tell you something, not all "Latinos" are the same, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans are very different to the rest of Latinamerica.  You don't say to an Irish he is British or to a Canadian he is American or to a Basque he is Spanish. Culture shouldn't be an excuse to do something wrong, when you are allowed into another country you should learn their customs and traditions. To say that because of my culture i do this or that, is just a lame excuse to avoid responsibility.
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You're more likely to find the need for Spanish speakers in big cities, but I know that places such as California and Texas certainly have need for bilingual people. \n\nI'd suggest you look on Craigslist or your local paper to look for ads for bilingual workers.