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Tony writes:

Interesting point. Is there evidence to support the statement that
those here who only speak Spanish can't read that language?

The studies I saw supported it very well, and it does make logical sense.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Tony writes:

Interesting point. Is there evidence to support the statement that
those here who only speak Spanish can't read that language?

The studies I saw supported it very well, and it does make logical
sense.

Oh I remember those. The studies that you refused to cite when I gave you
two cites that disputed them.

Is Puerto Rico an inconvenient counter example to this statement?

On Feb 13, 1:08 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tony writes:
Interesting point. Is there evidence to support the statement that
those here who only speak Spanish can't read that language?

The studies I saw supported it very well, and it does make logical sense.

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Tony writes:

Is Puerto Rico an inconvenient counter example to this statement?

I haven't seen any data on Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico is both largely Spanish speaking, part of the United
States, and literate.

Now will you reconsider your statement, or will this stand as another
example when you were demonstrated to have made an incorrect or
misleading statement?

Silly question, we already know the answer.

On Feb 13, 1:43 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Tony writes:
Is Puerto Rico an inconvenient counter example to this statement?

I haven't seen any data on Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico is both largely Spanish speaking, part of the United
States, and literate.

Yes, but do Puerto Ricans care what the weather is in the Quad
Cities?

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"JH" == Jay Honeck writes:
JH Yes, but do Puerto Ricans care what the weather is in the Quad
JH Cities?

Does ANYbody care what the weather is in the Quad Cities?
No.
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Puerto Rico is both largely Spanish speaking, part of the United
States, and literate.

Now will you reconsider your statement, or will this stand as another
example when you were demonstrated to have made an incorrect or
misleading statement?

Silly question, we already know the answer.

BTW, a similar thing is true in much of Miami Florida.

A high percentage of the Spanish speaking population is highly educated and
highly litterate. They simply have the same problem in English that I have
in Spanish--they started learning it much too late. It is easy to become
fully proficient (and free of obvious accents) in a new language as a child,
diffecult as an adolescent, and frequently unsuccessfull as an adult.

IMHO, this is a rather obvious problem in our education system.

Peter

Peter Dohm writes:

A high percentage of the Spanish speaking population is highly educated and
highly litterate. They simply have the same problem in English that I have
in Spanish--they started learning it much too late. It is easy to become
fully proficient (and free of obvious accents) in a new language as a child,
diffecult as an adolescent, and frequently unsuccessfull as an adult.

That's entirely incorrect. I _teach_ English, and anyone can learn it at any
age ... if he wants to. What you describe is the standard excuse for people
who are too lazy to learn English. And highly educated, highly literate
people usually already speak English, as that is part of an education today
throughout the world.

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Tony writes:

Puerto Rico is both largely Spanish speaking, part of the United
States, and literate.

Now will you reconsider your statement, or will this stand as another
example when you were demonstrated to have made an incorrect or
misleading statement?

Puerto Rico does not invalidate my generalization.

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