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Personally, I have very mixed feelings about the growth of Spanish in the US. On the one hand, I certainly believe that Latin Americans living in the US should learn English not merely for utilitarian reasons but above all out of basic courtesy and decency. On the other hand, however, even leaving aside my own allegiances and origins, there is an element of karma in how Spanish has spread in the US much like how English has spread in many other parts of the world. Why is it any more 'wrong' for a Mexican or Cuban who has lived in the US for ten years to expect to be able to do business in Spanish than it is for a Brit or an American who has lived in France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand or Singapore for ten years to expect to be able to do business in English?
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