2006-10-05 17:47:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I guess it would depend on who you spend most of your time with. People tend to learn from the people around them. Or maybe they're just proud of where they came from and wish to retain the accent, they hear their parents or grandparents speak like that, so they're able to speak like that too. It happens quite naturally. :-/
2006-10-05 18:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Butterscotch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it has to do with integration. Many puertoricans speak english without an accent because their parents have chosen to live in an "american" neighborhood, while others who have chosen to surround themselves by spanish-speaking people (probably for reasons of not feeling isolated) never had a chance to learn accent-free english. It's the barrio mentality.
I know germans who have lived in this country for 35 years and need a translator when they have a legal problem. All their friends are german, they worked in german companies, and their english is mostly "basic" if existent at all. Just imagine :(
2006-10-05 17:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ajayu 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it has to do with who they're around a lot and how those people speak. We just moved to TN, and my 14 year old, from being around all the kids at school with the southern drawl, she's talking like that now lol. I'm the same way, if I'm around people a lot with an accent, I'll start talking that way after awhile.
2006-10-05 17:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In what language?
Spanish accent in English or English accent in Spanish?
2006-10-05 17:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on how clearly they learned Spanish. Purest speaking spanish according to encyclopedias is the one spoken by Colombians.
2006-10-05 17:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by imm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason YOU spelled Puerto Rican as one word?
2006-10-05 18:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by atheleticman_fan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋