Posted by Kitsune Sniper (red-corpb4-1-26.telnor.net | 200.76.240.26) on June 02, 2003 at 08:44:56:
In Reply to: foreign languages.... posted by mountaingoat on June 01, 2003 at 20:27:34:
> how useful are they really? i live in california and every goddamn parent tells my ass to take spanish so i can talk to all the mexicans. but can you really talk to mexicans after 3 or 4 years of high school spanish?
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Being the only native Spanish speaker here, I can honestly say FUCK NO. The amount of knowledge learned from that amount of schooling does help, but you still need practice.
That, and the Spanish spoken by almost all people with Mexican ancestry in the US of A is incorrect and often filled with grammatical errors. Think ebonics, but in Spanish. So even if you learn that particular dialect, you'll still be treated like a Gringo if you come down here. ;)
> instead of heeding to their advice, i've taken french for 5 years (well i'm finishing up my fifth one). i can't talk to ANY canadians, but i still think it'll be more useful in the long run.
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> comments? ideas? rants? replies?
Huh, French? Can't help ya there. *shrugs*