One of my friends has this conflict . He can not identify with the local music, the customs, the food, etc.. I told him that being of a certain nationality is more than that. What do you think?
2006-07-03 10:40:48 · 8 answers · asked by Dulcinea 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
my friend and I speak 3 or 4 languages, so we don't have a problem about that.
2006-07-03 10:47:12 · update #1
since i have grown up in a country that has been through a war and since i have been through a war and a separation of my original country, i know very well how this feels. the nationality here is not very well established, everything is a blur, but still, a lot of nationlism occurs, and according to this new setting, i am bi-national (as they would say here). but i still love being born in this part of the world, it has helped form my personality, and even though i do not understand some of its customs and habits this will always be home.
2006-07-03 11:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by mimma 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I know how he feels. Where I live... all the billboards are in Spanish (I live in Texas) and I can't read one of them. I'ts like I'm in a foreign country when nope... I'm in America.
It doesn't bother me much but at the same time, I just wish I could drive down the street and read the signs in what is predominantly supposedly an English speaking country.
2006-07-03 17:43:52 · answer #2 · answered by whateva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never ever will I feel like a foreigner in my own country.This is my homeland! If I were to go overseas or cross the border then I will become a foreigner and will feel that way but never in my own country.The girl below
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2006-07-03 17:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by John 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do all the time. It seems like most of the people I relate to on-line are from the UK. Since it is easier for a foreigner to become a citizen of the United States easier than it is for an American to become a citizen there, what am I to do?
2006-07-03 17:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by Selkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I have not heard English in my office for 5 years, everyone is from Cuba other other south American countries..even at lunch we all go together, everybody only speaks Spanish, and at night at our local community college, the teacher talks constantly Spanish 'cuz they are to stupid and don't get it...so he takes 20 min from MY time away ....I pay lots of money for every semester. Yes, they are already took over, if U don't speak spanish in Miami U don't get a job..
2006-07-03 17:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Always, but doesn't bother me. A country does not identify who your are, your personality does. I love my country, but I would not stay forever.
2006-07-03 17:46:13 · answer #6 · answered by Robert R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walk into a Courthouse or other govt building in S.Texas and you'll think you're in Mexico.
2006-07-03 17:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sometime I feel that way.
2006-07-03 17:42:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋