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Latino/Hispanic

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10. My Spanish is awful, and it's only gotten worse over time.

Sun Dec 5, 2021, 05:23 PM

Dec 2021

I blame my wife. Her English is too good, so I don't get much practice.

To make things more difficult, my wife uses "Vos", as in this music video.

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Progressives, Hispanics are not 'Latinx.' Stop trying to Anglicize our Spanish language. [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP

Heed this well, my fellow whities. WhiteTara Oct 2019 #1

Grammatical gender is only loosely attached to sex. Loki Liesmith Oct 2019 #2

I don't want to be referred to as "Latinx" SilasSouleII Mar 2020 #4

It does kind of grate on the nerves a bit. old as dirt Dec 2021 #6

It is said as Latin - x (three syllables). TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #7

It works fine as an English word. old as dirt Dec 2021 #8

I took a couple years of Spanish while in college, TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #9

My Spanish is awful, and it's only gotten worse over time. old as dirt Dec 2021 #10

The best thing about taking Spanish during my last two years in college TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #11

I always say that... old as dirt Dec 2021 #12