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Post by jimmyjames on Sept 21, 2024 3:29:28 GMT -5
I remember when TNA was priming him for a push, they sent him to Mexico and he was trying to learn Spanish. If he can’t speak it by now, that would be amazing I think my reaction was more how can't you speak Spanish despite being Latino. I remember my sister telling me that Jennifer Lopez doesn't speak Spanish. I was like "what?!". Don't get me wrong but I feel the practice of learning a different language should start when you are a child. Not saying it's impossible when you are an adult but you'll struggle learning. That's just me though. Just because you're Latino doesn't mean you're going to speak Spanish. Unless you were raised by someone (one or both parents or grandparents) who is from a Latin American country and they spoke Spanish around you growing up, almost always you're not going to speak Spanish. People whose families have been here for 80, 120, 200 years aren't speaking Spanish unless they learned it in school
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 21, 2024 8:10:55 GMT -5
I think my reaction was more how can't you speak Spanish despite being Latino. I remember my sister telling me that Jennifer Lopez doesn't speak Spanish. I was like "what?!". Don't get me wrong but I feel the practice of learning a different language should start when you are a child. Not saying it's impossible when you are an adult but you'll struggle learning. That's just me though. Just because you're Latino doesn't mean you're going to speak Spanish. Unless you were raised by someone (one or both parents or grandparents) who is from a Latin American country and they spoke Spanish around you growing up, almost always you're not going to speak Spanish. People whose families have been here for 80, 120, 200 years aren't speaking Spanish unless they learned it in school can confirm. my grandfather was Italian and spoke 4 languages (Italian, German, English and French) fluently (he also taught himself conversational Spanish at some point but according to my grandmother he wasnt very good at it). my Grandmother is German. none of their sons speak a word of any of the languages they can speak that arent English.
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Post by Hernan on Sept 21, 2024 15:39:22 GMT -5
I think my reaction was more how can't you speak Spanish despite being Latino. I remember my sister telling me that Jennifer Lopez doesn't speak Spanish. I was like "what?!". Don't get me wrong but I feel the practice of learning a different language should start when you are a child. Not saying it's impossible when you are an adult but you'll struggle learning. That's just me though. Just because you're Latino doesn't mean you're going to speak Spanish. Unless you were raised by someone (one or both parents or grandparents) who is from a Latin American country and they spoke Spanish around you growing up, almost always you're not going to speak Spanish. People whose families have been here for 80, 120, 200 years aren't speaking Spanish unless they learned it in school Look, I know you want to bash me for my ignorance, mainly because I'm not North American like you. There is a part where I mentioned verbatim: Don't get me wrong but I feel the practice of learning a different language should start when you are a child. Not saying it's impossible when you are an adult but you'll struggle learning. That's just me though. I know part of my perception/idea of the USA comes from the television when I was a kid (this was what mostly interested when I was a young kid, specially learning the language for years), so shame on me for that (just like there's a wrong perception of that, there are thousands more) but don't act that I didn't state what I said. It's a plus that you have relatives willing to teach you or going to some place that teaches you. I know my wording comes off bad, specially since English isn't my first language. If you want to bash me for my ignorant perception, you can go ahead with that but do not mistake what I said in a different way.
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