Mark's Stories. English and Spanish in a Mexican restaurant.

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	Mark's Stories. English and Spanish in a Mexican restaurant.
	About 5 or so years ago, when my sister jatg lived in Seattle as well, one evening we went out to eat together at a Mexican restaurant. Now, it just so happens that Jett speaks Spanish pretty well. And it seemed to be a pretty authentic family-owned Mexican place. So, we decide what we want to eat, and our waitress, a lovely Latina girl, in her early 20s, comes to our table to take our order. And Jett rapid-fire places our order in Spanish. The girl blinks at us for a moment, and then says, in a completely normal American English accent, "I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish. Grandpa and grandma do." I love this country. :) Tags: stories

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	From: papertygre	Date: July 29th, 2006 04:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have a feeling you might also like a recent post by my friend Noah.

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	From: fallenpegasus	Date: July 29th, 2006 07:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I do indeed. Thank you.

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	From: breakingglass	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

My dad is full blooded Spanish and lives in Spain to this day and speaks very broken/if any English and I speak not a lick of Spanish. It is kind of funny really. Although, it is my goal to learn my native tongue some day and of course find my father.

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