[texastoo]

Ask you friends if they understand Cubans speaking Spanish. You might be surprised. Besides, I didn't say Mexicans don't speak Spanish, I said that they don't speak the correct version of Spanish. The Mexicans from around Mexico City speak correct Spanish but the rest do not.

[Dominick]

Most every Spanish speaking country has a dialect, Cuban, PR, Mexican, Argentine, they all have different takes on the language, and different slang. Now Italians, they almost have different languages! People wonder when I said my Grandfather spoke Sicilian, and almost no English.

A Conservative would support using English for the Government, which is American, but probably would think is bad for the government to decide on the official tongue. This isn't France where they have language police. So what if people speak a different language, they eventually will all speak English, just like my Grandfather's children and their children.

Shouldn't the market decide?

[BlueAngel]

The only Mexicans that speak correct Spanish are not only in Mexico City. How about Monterrey, Guadalajara, Veracruz, etc. The main reason that Cubans and Mexicans along with Colombians, Venezuelans etc. MAY have trouble understanding each other is because of the accent. Just like in the United States people from the south may have trouble understanding people from the north and vice versa. It is because of the accent. Take Louisiana and Texas. We each might use a different word to describe something but we understand each other quite well, of course.

I hope this helps.

[You Dirty Rats]

Ask you friends if they understand Cubans speaking Spanish. You might be surprised. Besides, I didn't say Mexicans don't speak Spanish, I said that they don't speak the correct version of Spanish. The Mexicans from around Mexico City speak correct Spanish but the rest do not.

Texans pride themselves on NOT speaking the "correct" version of English, don't they?