Do most non Hispanic people assume we don't speak English?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would expect it to be rude to have an expectation either way - that you do speak fluent English or that you don't. As you say, plenty of people have English less clear than yours, so why should I expect based on skin color that someone is or isn't fluent?

I don’t think it’s rude to have the assumption that someone living and working in the us speaks English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering as a moderate Hispanic born in DC with family who has been here since 1965. I encounter way too many people who assume we don't speak English even when my English is clearer than theirs. I got annoyed at one and she said , well you never know nowadays.

Majority of uneducated Hispanic economic migrants are not proficient in English, even after living here 10,20,30 years, and likely assume you’re the same.

No one cares to assimilate or learn English well or even semi-well. They’re here for the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would expect it to be rude to have an expectation either way - that you do speak fluent English or that you don't. As you say, plenty of people have English less clear than yours, so why should I expect based on skin color that someone is or isn't fluent?

I don’t think it’s rude to have the assumption that someone living and working in the us speaks English.

I assume most adult non-English country immigrants did not to school here and do not know fluent English or actual U.S. history.

[Anonymous]

I’m Latina and this never has never happened to me once in DC.

OP is trolling.

[Anonymous]

As a foreigner myself, I would never assume that someone doesn't know how to speak at least rudimentary English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would expect it to be rude to have an expectation either way - that you do speak fluent English or that you don't. As you say, plenty of people have English less clear than yours, so why should I expect based on skin color that someone is or isn't fluent?

I don’t think it’s rude to have the assumption that someone living and working in the us speaks English.

It should be a normal assumption but alas…. Press 1 for Spanish.

[Anonymous]

I would never assume unless the person was having trouble with English.

[Anonymous]

I assume they speak at least some English and speak to them in English. I spent over a decade in Latin America and am fluent in Spanish so if they're clearly struggling, I will switch and that generally comes as a relief to them. I wouldn't assume they dont know English and frankly, I wouldn't assume they speak Spanish. A lot of second and third generation Latinos don't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m Latina and this never has never happened to me once in DC.

OP is trolling.

NP.


Would you mind please using the less-offensive and correct term, Latinx?

TIA !

Stop copy pasting this. Nobody thinks you're funny. Save it for in-person convos in circles where it matters.

TIA! is the tell because it's sloppy just like thanx. It reeks of superficiality. But you knew that.

It’s just a troll. No point in commenting.

[Anonymous]

If you have time and interest tonight:
https://politics-prose.com/amelia-tseng
7/7 @ 7pm Amelia Tseng — Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side: Language and Latinidad in the Nation's Capital - with Dr. Wanda Hernández

[Anonymous]

I speak Spanish as a foreign language. I always ask in English, "do you speak Spanish, by any chance?" before switching (and only if the speaker seems to be struggling with English).

I would not switch to Spanish with a person who was speaking English well enough for me to understand them, though at some point if the conversation progressed, I would mention that I speak a little Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have time and interest tonight:
https://politics-prose.com/amelia-tseng
7/7 @ 7pm Amelia Tseng — Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side: Language and Latinidad in the Nation's Capital - with Dr. Wanda Hernández

“Latinidad” ??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a "moderate" Hispanic? I assume anyone in the US speaks at least rudimentary English.

Obviously you know what I meant but this is a forum hardly anyone takes serious not an English class from college.

I actually don't know what "moderate Hispanic" means. Does it mean only 1 Hispanic parent and 1 white parent? Does it mean 2 Hispanic parents but not culturally Hispanic? You don't speak Spanish, or not well? Seriously - what does it mean?

[Anonymous]

Question- do you speak with an accent ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is a "moderate" Hispanic? I assume anyone in the US speaks at least rudimentary English.

Obviously you know what I meant but this is a forum hardly anyone takes serious not an English class from college.

I actually don't know what "moderate Hispanic" means. Does it mean only 1 Hispanic parent and 1 white parent? Does it mean 2 Hispanic parents but not culturally Hispanic? You don't speak Spanish, or not well? Seriously - what does it mean?

Didn't it mean moderate as in political views? But it didnt say political views...