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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy isn't the Pope speaking in English?
If you're going to stay in America, you should speak American, imho.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)underpants
(182,879 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)good one!
Enrique
(27,461 posts)Igel
(35,356 posts)He's just being a bridge builder. NYC, with all those rivers, needs bridges.
Pontifex, anybody?
Siwsan
(26,291 posts)Much better than my Spanish, that's for sure. And I don't believe he's going to be setting down any roots, here.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)keyboard alert.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Speak 'Merican or shut up (I'm paraphrasing)...
RandySF
(59,225 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)He's still learning how to speak American.
Give him a month or two.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)That's just me. I can understand him better in Spanish, once you get the hang of the -zh- sound that is used for 'll' in Argentine pronunciation.
elleng
(131,107 posts)heard him briefly at the White House. (I could never understand it in Spanish!)
And I read that he's not as comfortable in English as in other languages.
Igel
(35,356 posts)And the word "sos" is wonderful. Much better than the usual "eres."
brooklynite
(94,728 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,158 posts)Learn sommat new ever day.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 23, 2015, 08:28 PM - Edit history (1)
not in Latin. And for him, the language he's comfortable with is Spanish.
Update: I just read a report that the mass was said in Spanish.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)His parents were Italian, and Argentina is something like 40% Italian.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)woolldog
(8,791 posts)You "get" it.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Donald Trump Agrees....
His sit down and shut up....stance.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)So he really doesn't GAF if anyone likes his Spanish or not.