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Are you fully mexican and can't speak spanish?

I was adopted at the age of 2 from mexico. I had to relearn how to talk. I was given to white people. at the age of 6 i was dumped and re-adopted by more white people. i tried taking spanish in school but i only got through a year of it. I hate the sound of spanish. So I only speak english. Now whenever a random mexican sees me they start speaking spanish at me, then realize that i don't speak it, then the questions follow as to why don't.

I want to know if anyone else goes through this nightmare on a daily basis.

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I knew this guy who was Puerto Rican and failed Spanish at school, even though his family taught him Spanish at home --- if that makes you feel any better.

I also know a guy who is Japanese and who can't speak Japanese. He was born there and lived there until his parents sent him to the U.S. to school. Somehow, he missed the boat and never learned Japanese properly. He feels like an outsider whenever he goes home to his family.

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Konrad	Posted May 2nd, 2009 at 12:25PM I'm British and Irish, and I can't speak drunk properly. Rated: +2Vote for this!
Jujalee	Posted Apr 30th, 2009 at 5:24PM I'm half hispanic, and I look it. People come up to me every other day and speak to me in spanish, and I can't answer them. Heck, I took 5 yrs of Spanish class in school, but I just couldn't stand the language. But, I oddly speak fluent lebanese arabic, because thats my other half I feel more connected to. Its an awful feeling. Kinda like pushing your identity away. A little self hating, and awkward actually. I understand. Rated: +2Vote for this!
unicorn59	Posted Apr 29th, 2009 at 12:12PM No...I'm fully German/Irish/Dutch/Blackfoot Indian, and I can't speak Spanish. Rated: +1Vote for this!
CorneaGenii	Posted Apr 29th, 2009 at 1:33PM My parents were Mexican, but I was born in the US. Spanish was my first language. Then I entered school and had to speak english. Gradually I became more fluent in english than spanish. Now I struggle to translate certain words to spanish. Very frustrating, especially since I live on the border. Rated: +1Vote for this!
MERCIPOURLEVENIN	Posted Apr 29th, 2009 at 7:15PM not me but i know a guy who is half mexican and half white & he has lived with the "mexican half" of his family all his life & he can understand some spanish but he cant speak any of it Rated: +1Vote for this!

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