Do you speak Spanish?

Just curious how many are English/Spanish bilingual.

[singpilot]

Donde estan las chicas blancas?

[red-beard]

I speak 1 and 2 quarters languages. I can speak poorly in 3 different languages. English, French and now Spanish.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

yo hablo Espanol un poquito.

Ik spreekt Nederlands een beetje.

and I can speak jive.

[Mulhollanddose]

Chupa mi huevos said the hispanic Chef.

[legion]

¿Qué?

[Rick V]

I took 2 years of spanish in school since I had to meet the second langauge requirements. I recon we'll all be speeking spanish before too much longer. I'm still trying to get a handle on english!

[red-beard]

and speeling

[BlueSkyJaunte]

2 years of "Honors Spanish" in 7th and 8th grade...

[austin552]

Ia eakspa igpa atinla

[livi]

Well, las chicas guapas blancas todas viven en Suecia. Entonces, como you soy un doctor muy elegante con mucho dinero y mi coche es un Porsche - todas las mujeres bonitas quieren ir con migo a mi casa - al dormitorio sin ropa...cada noche.

Quiere usted venir aqui, hombres ?

[Rick V]

Originally posted by red-beard
and speeling

Thats me OHOHOH with my hand in the air doing my best Arnold Horshack impression

[masraum]

I was a bartender in a club with a kitchen here in Houston for almost 5 years so I can say things like queso, lechuga, ongos, ajo cebolla, etc.... One of these days I'm going to learn a bit more than that. Funny since I'm from FL and now transplanted to Houston, with all of the Cuban's, Puerto Ricans, and here in Texas just about every other kind of Hispanic, you'd think I'd have learned by now.

I'm currently studying Japanese. Not for anything other than that I want to.

[dd74]

Yes, I speak and write it, though not fluently. In L.A., it's almost a requirement that everyone speak a little Spanish.

[masraum]

Originally posted by dd74
Yes, I speak and write it, though not fluently. In L.A., it's almost a requirement that everyone speak a little Spanish.

You'd think that Houston would be that way too, but there are plenty of us who don't know enough to be useful.

[dd74]

Originally posted by masraum
You'd think that Houston would be that way too, but there are plenty of us who don't know enough to be useful.

I agree. What's interesting to me is in Los Angeles a person can really struggle in certain everyday circumstances if they don't speak at least conversational Spanish.

For example, I've found it's almost easier to speak Spanish when I go to places like Home Depot, the grocery store, and especially fast food places. The beauty of this is the more I speak it, the better I get with it until it becomes almost second nature.

I once heard that a person really knows a second language once they "dream" in that language.

[Noah930]

True. At the same time, in a city like L.A., you can live your entire life only speaking one language (either English or Spanish), and be fairly OK. Our requisite/default 2nd language in school (growing up in L.A.) was Spanish, so whether we wanted to or not, we had it daily from Kindergarten/1st grade until we graduated high school. Oddly, it wasn't until I graduated from college (and lived in Boston or the Pacific Northwest) that I ever used it in daily/business transactions. But I guess if I ever move back to SoCal, I'll be comfortable using it daily.

While I was in MX last week, the CIO through out this knee slapper-

What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? - Triligual


What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? - Bilingual


What do you call someone who speaks one language? - American

[sammyg2]

I can say 4x4 and adidas.
That means please and good bye.

[jriera]

I probably don't count (I was born in Spain), so yes, I can speak Spanish, some English too and about 6 other languages fluently (read, write, speak), plus basic knowledge (more beer, bathroom, etc.) in another 8 or so