There are over 35 million of Spanish speakers in the US, according to the Census Bureau. Moreover, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States, beating other languages like Chinese, Italian and French.
Do you still need more reasons to use Spanish? See other surprising statistics below and find out why you should address your online communications in the “language of Cervantes”.
During Hurricane Irene, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to give a speech in Spanish to alert Hispanic residents about the dangers of the hurricane. However, an honest effort to reach Spanish speakers turned into a typical misunderstanding of Spanish and led Bloomberg to be criticized around the Web. The goodwill attempt was considered “disastrous” because of his bad accent which was later parodied by a Twitter user who already has amassed more than 15,000 followers.
A few days ago an article “Translations: Is this the U.S. Spanish Hispanics deserve?” was published by the online magazine Portada. In the post, the author showed a picture of a drug box which label included the following translation into Spanish:
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