Sometimes there’s value to channel surfing.
In between innings of Game 1 of the 2009 World Series and I stumbled upon a classic movie I haven’t seen in years: The Crow. Brandon Lee’s spooky prophetic Coda. After about three seconds I was recognizing what people were saying, sort of. Then I realized it was in Spanish.
(the closest I could find to the Spanish Version of the Crow. Leave me alone)
How Did I Not Initially Realize It Was in Spanish?
I minored in Spanish in college. I even had a couple nights in my Senior year at Denominational University where I dreamt in Spanish. Language as clear as any 7-year-old. Lately I’ve been realizing that I existentially remember my Spanish. I won’t know a phrase if you ask me. I won’t remember the phrase after I’ve said it, but if I’m in a Spanglish conversation, the phase will pop out.
I’m tired of feeling like I have lingual amnesia. I want to be fluent in Spanish. It’s predicted that by 2014 Latin Americans will be the new ethnic majority in the US. I embrace the change. I based a great deal of my Blues Book in the Southwest.
All I want is to be able to speak the language better.
So here’s how I’m going to start getting back my ability to be fluent in Spanish: I’m going to watch all my favorite movies in Spanish. And when That stops being a challenge I’m going to watch any movie I rent in Spanish before I watch it in English.
Try it. Online translators can only help so much. Like other marketing jobs, Social Media jobs will start exploding for those who are bilingual.
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Anyone ever try this trick before?
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