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And yet Spanish speaking immigrants (illegal and legal) are either too proud and/or too stupid to learn English.
I don't believe they are stupid, but I do believe they are being abetted by hispanic advocacy groups that have an interest in keeping Spanish speaking immigrants and their descendents dependent upon them.
only those who have gone thru the torture of learning and having to use another language would feel any empathy about this.
I have only admiration for people who do this. I do not expect flawless, nonaccented English. But I do expect that the attempt to learn and become fluent is made.
I have met some East Indians and Filipinos who spent their entire childhood in the Philippines/India and only came to the U.S when they became adults, that have a better grasp of the English language than many American born Hispanics. That's why Filipinos and East Indians are considered model minorities while Hispanics are not.
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I lived in Brazil when I was in my twenties. I did try to learn Portuguese & even learned how to read it relatively well , but I never really spoke it fluently. I wonder if people were bothered by this.
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I lived in Brazil when I was in my twenties. I did try to learn Portuguese & even learned how to read it relatively well , but I never really spoke it fluently. I wonder if people were bothered by this.
The fact that you attempted to learn Portuguese probably garnered a lot of respect from the locals
Too; despite my inability to understand it, the language of the Lusitanians is absolutely musical to my ears.
I have met some East Indians and Filipinos who spent their entire childhood in the Philippines/India and only came to the U.S when they became adults, that have a better grasp of the English language than many American born Hispanics. That's why Filipinos and East Indians are considered model minorities while Hispanics are not.
Its common for Phillipinos and Indians to learn English in their home countries. Each country even has its own dialect already. They are not really comparable.
They must think you are self-loathing, and have some serious issues. I doubt you really do that though, because you'd probably get smacked up for walking up to strangers and calling them "morons" and cursing them out. It's great to have an imagination though.
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