Comments for celebratelanguages.com Blog http://celebratelanguages.com/blog Learn more about language learning. Tue, 17 May 2011 15:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Surprised? Hmmm! by Drew http://celebratelanguages.com/blog/2009/11/08/surprised-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Drew Tue, 17 May 2011 15:55:54 +0000 http://celebratelanguages.com/blog/?p=5#comment-53 For better and for worse we live in a nation where one can drive for days and never be aware of any other country than our own surrounding us. This has marked our linguistic character - or lack thereof... But things are changing! For better and for worse we live in a nation where one can drive for days and never be aware of any other country than our own surrounding us. This has marked our linguistic character – or lack thereof…

But things are changing!

]]> Comment on Surprised? Hmmm! by Terry http://celebratelanguages.com/blog/2009/11/08/surprised-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Terry Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:03:23 +0000 http://celebratelanguages.com/blog/?p=5#comment-8 I share your experience, as I have so many times in the U.S. especially. Outside the U.S., people seem to comprehend that the average person speak more than one language. That the individual could not identify the language being spoken, or assuming you to be African, demonstrates the lack of knowledge of another's culture and background. I find that many Americans are so caught up in believing their culture to be superior, thus have no interest in other ethnic cultures. Thus, the frustration with the changing demographics in immigration. I share your experience, as I have so many times in the U.S. especially. Outside the U.S., people seem to comprehend that the average person speak more than one language. That the individual could not identify the language being spoken, or assuming you to be African, demonstrates the lack of knowledge of another’s culture and background. I find that many Americans are so caught up in believing their culture to be superior, thus have no interest in other ethnic cultures. Thus, the frustration with the changing demographics in immigration.

]]> Comment on Surprised? Hmmm! by William Shelton http://celebratelanguages.com/blog/2009/11/08/surprised-hmmm/comment-page-1/#comment-7 William Shelton Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:12:22 +0000 http://celebratelanguages.com/blog/?p=5#comment-7 Actually, I don't believe that your dark complexion necessarily had much to do with this. I am about as Anglo as you can possibly imagine and live in rural Oklahoma, not far from where I was raised. I am also a fluent speaker of Portuguese, having lived in Brazil for a number of years. I have had the exact same experience here in Oklahoma after speaking on the phone in Portuguese to my wife, who is Brazilian. Actually, I don’t believe that your dark complexion necessarily had much to do with this. I am about as Anglo as you can possibly imagine and live in rural Oklahoma, not far from where I was raised. I am also a fluent speaker of Portuguese, having lived in Brazil for a number of years. I have had the exact same experience here in Oklahoma after speaking on the phone in Portuguese to my wife, who is Brazilian.

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