[FITZ]

English and Spanish are so very, very similar that I can't understand why an immigrant from a Spanish-speaking country can't take the trouble to learn at least a little English.

It takes a motivated adult only about 6 months to learn another language. Children take even less time.

[SpinyNorman]

It takes a motivated adult only about 6 months to learn another language.

You said the magic word: motivated. What motivation is there when everyone translates everything into your original language? Answer: none. I wonder why Hispanic leaders/groups never seem to think that this makes their people look really stupid, especially considering that Spanish is considerable closer to English than Chinese or Russian?