How many people think talking in spanish is important?
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I think it is. Español es muy importante en la vida.
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I believe that the inability to communicate effectively is one of the root causes of conflict in this world.  A common language is extremely important to foster better communication.  \n\nTo this end, all government activies, including voting, public schooling, etc. should be conducted in one language, ONLY!  Of course the government should have intensive language programs in place to ensure that EVERYONE is given the opportunity to learn the language.\n\nAs for the choice of language...  I would rather have seen the Senate be a bit more forward thinking and choose the language of the next century.  No, not spanish...  Chinese.\n\n;-)
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Well sometimes you all start speaking spanish, which we don't understand, and naturally we think you are talking about us. There is not enough trust in the world. For some reason different cultures do not trust one another, it is so sad, because we should embrace our differences, not let them seperate us.
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You'd think so, wouldn't you, Gary?\n\nKinda takes some doing, though; because we've got around 60 % of the population that doesn't speak English.\n\nIn fact, around 40% speak Spanish!\n\nThough they can all speak fluent American when they want to, they can suddenly turn "No hablo inglese." at the drop of a hat!?\n\nSo, I guess you know where the Asker is coming from, now.
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cos speaking spanish requires this twist of tongue that only the natives can do it (or so it seems). it might help to converse frequently with real spanish people or live in a spanish populated area for a period of time.
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You are supposed ? Says who ?\nYou should learn Spanish because it is the language that is becoming more and more widely spoken in USA.\nAnd why do you complain ?\nPerhaps only in this country it is considered foolish to learn another language.\nIn my country, the more languages you speak, more respected you are
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I live in Spain and find it difficult to accept the Tourists that come here and try pronouncing Spanish correctly, its so annoying, I am English but lived here for over 4 years and have a good knowledge of the Spanish language, I'm not perfectly fluent yet, but I am fairly good,  I do at least know how to pronounce Spanish correctly.  So I know what you mean.
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Spanish.\n\nRecent census data shows that 26% of Californians speak Spanish in the home, and this figure is only likely to grow in future years. \n\nHaving a good working ability in Spanish will not only help you to communicate in your own state, but will also help you if you travel to Spain and many countries in Central and South America.
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In Europe countries that speak different language are closer together geographically so it makes sense to lean other languages. In the states there is Spanish to the south and a little French in parts of Canada. Many people in the southwest do speak Spanish. It’s hard to learn and keep up fluency if you don’t use it a lot.
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You're more likely to find the need for Spanish speakers in big cities, but I know that places such as California and Texas certainly have need for bilingual people. \n\nI'd suggest you look on Craigslist or your local paper to look for ads for bilingual workers.
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Consider yourself lucky to be learning a second language ,I would love to know Spanish now . In most other countries children are required to learn several languages .
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(Technically, not even English is an "official" language of the US; it's simply by far the most predominant language spoken in the country.)\n\nAs I understand it, those who are native speakers of Spanish typically reside in those states closest to Latin America, so it is in essence a localized issue. It simply would be impractical to expect, say, the state of Wisconsin to provide Spanish translations for everything (from road signs to legislation).\n\nAdopting Spanish as an second language might be more practical in states like Texas and Florida, but these states are rather conservative and probably invest much nationalistic pride in the English language. So the debates there will not be over the practical concerns, but over national identity: should America expect more "melting" in its melting pot, or should it support multiculturalism?
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The answer may come as a surprise. Depending on one's definition, estimates range from at least 4,000 languages to 6,000. Either way, this is still quite a large number. One obvious fact is that languages vary greatly in size. We go all the way from English and Spanish with hundreds of millions of speakers around the world - even more if we count all those who use one of these regularly as a second language - down to small languages spoken by a few thousand or a few hundred people. Many go down lower than this: some languages are spoken natively by only a couple dozen or so people, and languages like this soon go down to a single speaker and disappear forever (extinction of languages is the topic of
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Yes, in country's speaks Spanish use sing "Spoken English"\nor "English Spoken" last is most use.\n\n     "ENGLISH SPOKEN"
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About a quarter of Californians speak mainly Spanish at home.\n\nFrom Wikipedia:\n"As of 2000, 60.5% of California residents age 5 and older speak English at home and 25.8% speak Spanish. Chinese is the third most spoken language at 2.6%, followed by Tagalog at 2.0% and Vietnamese at 1.3%."\n\nThis should give you an idea of how many Californians are at least inclined to speak Spanish when given the option.
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You know so many people just don't ask a question in a complete manner, that makes it a little hard to answer, as most of the people who want to help are not psychics. Good Luck....\nAs for maybe learning spanish in london, why not , you can learn it and use it all over the world. hope this helps.
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OK, I'm a native spanish speaker and here's my experience:\n\nWe admire the effort that non-spanish people do to communicate with us. Latin-americans are usually afraid to speak in English for the same reason... they don't have a nice accent. And most of the time they prefer to remain silent or ask someone else to speak for them. It's our culture. So when we hear a non-spanish speaker trying to communicate with us in spanish, even if their spanish isn't very good... we don't laugh!\n\nOK, that works for most of the people... but there would only be mean people... that's for sure!!!