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Originally Posted by RichieLion
I grew up in "Spanish Harlem" in Manhattan and I don't remember ever not hearing spanish spoken. I never did pick it up though, because when I was young every Spanish family knew their children had to be fluent in english to be successful in their new home. and so they insisted on it. All my schoolmates spoke real well, while their parents had obvious accents. It was all pretty normal.
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I spent the summer of 67 as a messenger for a law firm in Manhattan. Had an apartment on East 96th. A new world for a Virginia boy. Lots of the guys from the mail room were from Spanish Harlem. Great guys, use to laugh like hell at my ya'lls and yes sirs/no sirs.