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To: Sabertooth
I think that everyone should learn English. It's good to know that if I ever move to Austria, that I'll get to stay. I went out of my way to learn 2 more languages, and I live in America! It's sad that we don't make people learn English when they come here. How many people do you know that speak Spanish? How many people do you know who speak Spanglish? Compare the two, and then realize that this isn't the same country it used to be.
32 posted on 03/04/2002 7:04:56 AM PST by MadRobotArtist
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To: MadRobotArtist
"How many people do you know who speak Spanglish? "

Probably, no one.

49 posted on 03/04/2002 9:14:56 AM PST by Don Myers
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To: MadRobotArtist
How many people do you know who speak Spanglish?

Maybe about a third of the people I know speak Spanglish. It's an interesting language, most who speak it have problems making themselves understood in English and in Spanish. They are so used to mixing the two that they are unable to use one language or the other. You hear phrases like "esta working" or "la troca". It's funny when someone tells a Spanish speaker "vengo por atras" to mean they're returning.

75 posted on 03/05/2002 8:18:47 PM PST by FITZ
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