I dont know if any of you here have this same problem and believe me I'm not racist but why is it that if you have dark hair most spanish people automatically assume that you speak spanish? I work with the public where there are alot of spanish speaking people, alot of times they dont even ask me if I speak spanish, they just start speaking it to me and it irritates they HELL out of me cause I'm not even spanish.

try it


i never have that problem

DORA said:

Thanks, I think I just might.

My wife is half Italian, and she has the same problem. She never was taught Italian by her mother, but people assume that she can speak it. It's quite funny sometimes.

althom said:

Oh believe me, it can get REAL irritating sometimes.

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[This message was edited Fri May 14 5:34:58 2004 by Christopher]

I have never had this problem.

Paisley said:

She's decided to do something about now. She just started Italian lessons every week. I'm going to have to catch up on some swear words soon.

SuperC said:

althom said:

I tried learning spanish in high school but I could never catch on, however, I'm now starting to learn a few spanish words.

Christopher said:

When you see somone with dark hair do YOU automatically assume that they speak spanish?

Paisley said:

no i dont..miss paisley cause they can very well speak only english or...italian,french,etc...

how dark is your hair?

and are you fair? im trying to picture you as a blonde...hmmm

Christopher said:

My hair's not that dark, it's more of a auburn color and I have olive color skin.

Maybe because they "assume" you do speak Espanol (Spanish). Do not take it the wrong way. Try to speak a few words, they will love you for it.

Blond people suffer too. Last year. Copenhagen. Everybody instantly started brabbling Danish with me.

Not very annoying.

The bad part was that when I told that I dont get any of what they are saying some just turned around and walked away like I had some really bad, disgusting desease.

THAT was annoying.

If you're in at the beach in Holland during the summer, people always start to speak to you in German. Very annoying...

people always start to tell me blonde jokes cause I am a blonde that is kind of annoying...now I just ignore it.

Besides I like being blonde...we have more fun anyway.

However there are times when I get tired of it and go with a differen color for awhile...but I always return to my blondeness so to speak.

ALL your hair???

:O

I doubt very well that your hair color has anything to do with it. What's so wrong with asking someone whether or not they are bilingual, and capable of communicating with them in their own language?

Quite honestly, I will laugh my ass off when you die your hair blond, and they're still asking you.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I dyed my eyebrows black yesterday. I'm now looking like an Italian who has dyed his hair blond and forgot the eyebrows. It sucks any way you do it.

BTW Battier: Still feeling bad that I treated you bad yesterday. I think I'm gonna slap my back with a thorned whip tonight.

ajd said:

You're patronizing me, aren't you, dear?

Keep the following handy: "No comprende, no hablar Espanol"

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

You again caught me red handed. Yes, I DO slap my back every night with a thorned whip so it wouldnt be a big deal.



NO DAMN!!! I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE FOR ONCE (particular emphasis on ONCE).

ajd said:

Okay, okay. I believe you. I forgive you, Mr. Ajd.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

LaVisHh said:

"No hablar espanol" is incorrect. You have said something like "I don't to speak espanol" you have not conjugated your verb. To say, "I don't speak Spanish" you will say, "No hablo espanol." A Hispanic person would look at you as if you were retarded if you said what you've just put here.
[This message was edited Mon Feb 17 7:29:51 PST 2003 by BattierBeMyDaddy]

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

That's the POINT,

If you don't speak it, don't EVEN act like you do.

LaVisHh said:

I don't think it's right to bastardize someone's language. There's not much of a point to that, Lav. It's not a sin to know useful, simple phrases to use around someone who speaks a different language. They have to know useful phrases to assimilate into our society. I think it's only right to do the same.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I'm not, Battier. I was simply saying it, as someone who doesn't know the proper way, to say that I do not (obviously) know how to speak Spanish.

What IS a shame, is that I used to know how to speak Spanish, and lost it all by not practicing it.

LaVisHh said:

Perhaps, if you wanted, having known it before, it wouldn't be too hard if to learn it again though.