Obama’s Language Mandate: Why It Feels Like Hungarian to Me
Do you really think those so-called Spanish speakers crossing our borders at night speak classic Spanish? Not so fast there~! Most speak some colloquial dialect that is distinct to their village or region. Many cannot read proper Spanish at all.
The Spanish spoken in Mexico is not the same language spoken in the other Latin American countries. I speak pretty fair Tex-Mex since I live in south Texas, however when I encounter someone from, say, Guatemala, we can barely understand each other, if at all. Traveling further south compounds the problem. If a Spaniard arrives for the party, he has great difficulty with native Mexican Spanish speakers when he tries out his classic castillian on them. Usually resulting in snickers and blank stares.
Now, just what brand of Spanish does Obama want us to learn?
