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Old 07-11-2015, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Doro22 View Post
I'm with you on that. How about the people who call 'Buena Vista Blvd." - "Bona Vista."???!!! It isn't 'Bona'. It's a Spanish word, the first syllable rhymes with 'sway'. I'm from S. Fl., & learned a little bit of Spanish from my Cuban buddies over the years. My sister worked in the Miami office of unemployment for more than 25 yrs. & 90% of her peers were Cuban, & my sis is virtually fluent in Spanish. 😎
I moved to Miami in 1953 and the reason I moved here in 2010 was to get away from all that Spanish. What a relief to not have to hear it every day in this English speaking country. Of all the immigrants it seems that those that speak Spanish refuse to learn the language the most and from my experience in Miami insist we speak their language.
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