Spanish Latin American

If so, do you feel other mexicans give you attitude or look down at your for not know spanish or being into the latino culture a lot?
I’m mexican and I don’t know spanish and neither does anyone in my family. We have been in this country for over 3 or 4 generations now so [...]

President Felipe Calderon, today blasted our deportations and said "Mexico does not end at its borders." And speaking to Mexicans in the US many of them here illegally he told them "Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico."
That sounds pretty imperialistic to me. What would happen if we sent millions of Americans to [...]

History of the Southwest:
12000-15000 years occupation by migrants from Asia & also
Europe.
50-100 years partial occupation by Spanish with natives.
30 years indirect control by Mexicans, many natives dead from diseases & conflict.
160 years occupation by Americans.

i know that not all asians are chinese and not all hispanics are mexicans. so are mexicans and spanish called latina/o or hispanics? im confused. if u guys could shed some light it would be cool. No JACKAASSES pleas.

I saw a show where full-blooded Mayans who didn’t speak Spanish were coming across the border and being called "Latinos"!
Most Mexicans could never claim to be Italian descendants or accepted by Latin Europeans as "one of them."

I find it very funny when Mexican people claim they are spanish. If you ever go to Spain you will notice that Spanish people have much much much more in common with those hated gringoes than ANY mexican. Why dont they just come out and call themselves native american? Because they are more native american [...]

I have personally seen this many times. People really get upset if they are from say, Brazil, and are mistaken for a mexican. Is there some sort of elitism amongst south american countries that they feel they are better than mexicans. I have also heard plenty of people from Spain that think this way too. [...]

city because of the time of the spanish conquistadors. in mexico city you will find mexicans with blond hair and blue eyes that can pass for 100% white people. the border town mexicans have their own dialects due to the fact that they have mexican indian backgrounds. a mexican american born in texas speaks tex-mex. [...]

I live in the Southwestern part of the USA. And have been told by Spanish speaking people that are natives of our state that they can’t understand the Mexicans from Mexico. And same goes for Mexicans saying they don’t understand Spanish.
Yes Chris ,it really is true.
Thank you Manny and Fleck.
It’s true that the [...]

Spanish is my second language, but I’m pretty much fluent since I used to live in Chile…the thing is, I understand Spanish when Mexicans from Mexico speak it, but for some reason it’s difficult for me to understand Mexican American’s when they speak Spanish.
This is stupid, but I’m serious…I’m wondering why this might be.
Thanks ^^

I’m part mexican, and I speak some spanish. And some Mexicans that i’ve met speak incredibly fast, I’ve seen it on television too, is it just me thinking this? Do they realize they talk fast?

Most Americans I met told me that Mexicans and Spanish are the same race.They are not!They are two different races!What is up with this?

I’ve heard some people say, "They’re demanding that we speak their language." Granted, usually those are privileged white people who never talk to Mexicans.
But, I’ve never met a Mexcian who demanded that I need to speak Spanish.
Have any of you?

If they reside in the United States then they most likely speak three languages. English, Spanish and Nahuatl. Most Mexicans don’t know that when they speak Spanish they are actually using a lot of vocabulary from the so called Aztec language. As many of you may know. Mexicans are basically a combination of the l [...]

I want to know this because at my job a lot of mexicans come there and it’s hard for me to understand them when they are speaking to me. They speak English very poorly. I really would like to learn.
There is a diffrence between the two. Spanish is mostly spain. Latin SPanish is for mexico.

Ok I’m confused on how some mexicans that dont speak spanish but can understand it. I see how mexicans can just not kno spanish my mom is samoan and doesnt know that language. but how can u understand a language u cant speak?

Hi,
This boils down to 5 key questions for me:
1] When and how did conquering Spaniards in indigenously-populated Mexico become "Mexicans?"
2] When did Spanish control of New Spain/Mexico cede to and come under Mexican control?
3] Was this (#2 above) when Mexico became a formal Mexican nation—and no longer a colony of Spain?
4] [...]

Well Everytime I go to wal-mart or any store in Knoxville,Tn they always speaking spanish around me, Do they think I’m mexican to or they saying bad things about me. Do mexicans thinks Light skin blacks are mexican to. Like if someone who died an the police did not know the ethnic background then they [...]

Is it true that white people get ticked off when mexicans start speaking spanish?

i know its spanish, but its not like mexicans speak it.is it like dialect or something? my parents are from nicaragua(mom from corinto,my dad from Managua) but Mexican people think i speak spanish weird…. how is it different and what are some words that we use differently?

Here in California I have noticed that most Mexican Americans refer to other Mexicans as "Spanish". Why? Just speaking Spanish doesn’t make one Spanish. Being from Spain makes one Spanish. I speak English, but I’m not from England so I’m not English. I almost get the feeling that Mexicans here in California regard the word [...]

They piss me off, anywhere I go in the United States, I hear the Mexicans speak spanish perfectly , but when you talk to them in English, they will become like deaf and mute.

Also what’s the difference between Spanish and Mexicans?

How would you best classify the varieties or styles of speaking Spanish In the Western Hemisphere, i.e., would it be Caribbean (or would you separate by specific countries like PR and DR/RD, Central American, Latin American. Would you distinguish the Spanish spoken by Argentinians separately? Distinguish the way Mexicans speak Spanish from other countries in [...]

and mexican people cant speak spanish
what the hell? it’s not like theirs differant versions of english!
ebonics died away so dont even go there haha
first off there is a differance you idiots if youd ever even traveled out side of your mamma’s house youd know that
they are both called spanish
but the spanrids speeak "spanish" and the [...]

I am an old rancher on the Mexican border. My family has ranched here since 1908. I’ve been looking at some of these answers. 99% of these people don’t have any idea what they are talking about.
These mexicans have changed. 50 years ago, they were all good people and I liked them. They lived with [...]

so if i was to learn fluent spansih could i speak to all mexicans?

Mexicans always have a hint of more English to their tone.
Spanish is totally original.
Stop copying America!

Im planning to visit California, and I know there are a lot of people who speak spanish.
English is the official language, but I dont know if I should speak english with mexicans too.
Thanx in advance.

I’m totally white but I can speak spanish better than anyone (except the mexicans) in my high school spanish class, but my teacher teaches mexican spanish, so my accent is horribly mexican sounding (and american too of course). I want to sound like I’m from Spain or Argentina.