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Why did you move to M�xico, and how long did it take for you to learn Spanish?

[Phil_K]

1) On the run from the police
2) They speak Spanish here?

Seriously...

1) For the love of a woman
2) Difficult to say. I was communicating in about 6 months, but reasonable fluency probably took about 2 years. (I now have about 8 years 3 months here)

...hey, that last sentence is Spanglish, isn't it?

[wildchild]

1. I'm from the Old Territories, California, so the move was quite natural: I have come to know my brothers from the South.

2. I did a one year, study abroad in Bilbao, Basque Country in 2002. I studied Castillano 5 days a week, 4 hours a day.

Since I've been here in the land of the No Mames Gueyes, I've learned many Mexicanisms. (that's the whistling wink to be exact)