Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: artichokegrower

I’ve lived in NM since ‘55. It’s a 60/40 Hispanic majority state. Heck a lot of folks still think you need a passport to visit here. Spanish has been a majority language for a long time and that won’t change. Native Hispanics are English speakers also, the problem being the newcomers according to the natives speak a bastardized Spanglish that the locals have a hard time dealing with and schools have no standard to teach it. Sad to say I have friends and neighbors fluent in English and Spanish having problems communicating with some newcomers and spend half their conversations with pauses of Que??? and a confused look. You can’t expect to live in this state and not hear Spanish spoken everywhere all the time. The ‘speak english only’ crowd would never make it. I am a German immigrant so I fit in just fine LOL.


128 posted on 05/28/2018 7:42:30 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: redcatcherb412

There are about 8 people on this thread who would volunteer to come to NM and walk around in public and tell people to speak only english.


130 posted on 05/28/2018 7:45:37 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 128 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson