Eleena, I would love to hear about the situation of the Spanish language in the US. I mean, I’m under the impression most of the 2nd o 3rd generation hispanics speak very bad Spanish because they haven’t received formal education in Spanish. Is that true?

I guess many of them have little interest in learning, because Spanish is perceived as “low-class” language. Am I wrong? I really hope so.

I am still struggling with my Spanish, but you are doing it super good!

Gracias

Just visited your site for the first time, so it’s premature for me to take the survey, but my immediate impression is … ¡estupendo!

You’re certainly a more dedicated blogger than I, which is one way of saying sorry for taking so long to reply to the comment you left on my Yotro blog.

¡Qué tengas mucha suerte con tu proyecto fenomenal!

Un saludo desde Sydney, Australia

For example, let’s say you’re eating dinner at a great restaurant. You’re really enjoying the meal, so you say to your dining companion, “Vengo aquí mañana” or “Voy a venir aquí mañana.” (I’ll be coming here tomorrow.)

When you get home and start thinking again about what a great meal you had and you decide that you will eat there again the next day. Then you would use “ir” and say, “Voy a ir allí mañana.”

extranjerismo (words and phrases from “any” foreign language ).

Sorry I could not avoid it :).
There is not a “battle” because it has been a very commom phenomenon for some centuries.The only difference now, is English´s turn.

I also notice alot of managers like to slip in some English to sound ‘cool’, “ok”, “thanks”, “whats up”, “see you”.

Hell why not..

“Hey Joe. ¿Wie geht’s? Do you have that report? Bueno, merci. We’ll have lunch Monday. Hasta luego”

Anyway, I hate them, really, really hate them. Probably because I’m an Old Castillian who was told to try to speak “con propiedad”. I try to avoid them as much as I can.

And yes, the Spanish spoken (and written) by many Hispanics in the US is appalling. There are many words that really get on my nerves: checar y accesar, for instance…me ponen malo.

I couldn’t tell the difference between an Argentine accent and an Uruguayan one even if my life depended on it, would never name my children María Jesús or Jesús María (poor kids!) and Borges is a little too heavy for me, I’m a simple guy.

Un saludo y sigue así Eleena, te mereces un premio.

If the Spanish language is to dominate the web someday, it will be mainly Mexico’s “fault”. Mexico is the most important Spanish speaking country, in my opinion. If Mexico finally turns to be a developed country, the usage of the Spanish language in the Internet will get a massive boost.

There are poorer countries with far more take up of internet and the idea that the internet represents the future. In China and India the use of the internet is huge (while probably being a very small % of the total population). I agree about the problems of rural connection but I live in a village of 800 people in Huesca with both ADSL and a local wi-fi connection. But how much of the population in Spain is rural? The vast majority live in cities.

Carl , you can get ADSL2 (up to 20Mb) for less than 40 euros with any company, there are many of them, why sticking to Telefonica?. ADSL up to 3Mb for 10-20 Euros. It’s not that expensive and the voice calls within Spain are for free. The problem is the so called “digital-divide”. Broadband is not included in the definition of “universal service” by the European Union, and, as consequence of that, many rural areas don’t have access to ADSL. No broadband in small towns and villages. Even in some cities. there can be problems, if installing a digital exchange is not considered profitable by Telefonica. If broadband was included in the “universal service” definition, they would be forced to provide ADSL in the whole territory, profitable or not. It’s a shame, really.