Bob

always important, along with asking where the bogs are

Bob

Well the offical language was almost German back in the day, only lost the vote by a couple votes

ImHere

I live in Palm Beach County on the border with Broward, about 30 minutes or so from downtown Miami. But I enter the Miami-Dade area for work often.

ImHere

Hmmm... Senorita, tienes un culo hermoso, y donde esta los servicios?

Nice. Makes you sound like a dirty old bloke off for a quick shuffle.

Franklin

Where I live some sales associates in the local shops have difficulty with understanding English, but I think it would be a good idea if my Spanish was at least as good as their broken English. I think sometimes we are a bit arrogant thinking "they" should speak our language, imho, we should be conversant in both languages especially as Spanish might well overtake English as the dominant language in the USA.

Franklin

*nods*

ImHere

Hence why I am learning Spanish. Some of my friends here are native Spanish speakers and they are helping me with it while I help them with English...makes for interesting conversations over a few beers.

Franklin

I bet!

anotherlimey

Donde esta los servicios?

Surely you mean los baños? or are you asking for her services?

My fiancee is in Miami Dade, the southwest, can't remember the community name though. I did get lost in Broward once coming out of North Miami Beach.

I don't think Spanish will overtake English as the dominant language seeing how most of the Latin people born in the US will learn English at school and apparently some of them have pretty bad Spanish skills.

-tom

UJ_99

But as I said in a previous post, it depends where you are in the country. With a lack of hispanics in this area, and my proximity to French Canada it would make more sense for me to brush up on my high school French than learn Spanish (neither of which I intend to do...)

With English becoming more prevalent as the 'international business language', and with all the isolationist feelings (especially in the south/midwest) there is no way Spnish will overtake English in this country.

Bob

aye, but it sounds better in spanish *lol*

ImHere

(Cuarto de) Banos = Bathroom
Servicios = (Toilet) services AKA the Bog.
Tocador = Toilet.

Any can be used to ask for the lavvy. Although using Servicios (pronounced Ser bi see os) in this instance is a play on words having just mentioned her cute ass...Understanding humour is apparently the first indicator you are proficient in a language.


Oh and I dont think Spanish is likely to overtake English, but its nice to be proficient in more than one language, and Spanish is, after all, spoken by more people than English world wide.

Bob

true here too...lot come over to pick spuds in the summer with the odd bus load of mexicans, pick the blueberries and apples too...so it's strange that the language that's getting a lot of attention in schools is german around here, followed by french, hardly any spanish.

mandpete

In my immediate neighbourhood the second language is slowly becoming Indian.

The only Spanish speaking people I hear either work in my local Shop Rite or Walmart.

Bob

forms of it at least...