Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Oh, come on. Not everyone from Espana or Argentina is completely fluent in ingles, even if they studied it in escuela secundaria.<< This is true. However, most Latin Am tourists hail from the upper middle class, and they are more likely than not to speak some english. I have also heard from friends in Mexico City that upper class Mexicans prefer WDW over DLR because at DLR they have to rub elbows with immigrants from Mexico's unwashed lower classes.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Oh, but you got the "Reina" part right. LOL!<< When did the Princesses get promoted to Queens?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I am aware they speak catalunyan (sp?), but I have also heard them speak with a lisp in Spanish and English. also, you are right, in Madrid, they seem to speak with a lisp as well. I don't know if it is true, but a Spanish friend of mone explained it's because one of the king's of Spain had a lisp and people started speaking it with a lisp as a result. I'm not sure if this is a myth (it sounds like one), but stranger things have happened.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>TDLFAN, I think you're being a bit overly judgemental about latinos and others who haven't become as multi-lingual as yourself.<< I57, you probably didn't get the point I was trying to make, which was ...this spanish push in the part of Disney seems unnecesary because at WDW, close to 90% of the CMs are latinos to begin with and some of them do have poor english skills in positions with guests. But I have to concede times change since when I was a CM trying to transfer into Guests Relations, I was told flat to my face by the white bread female manager that as much as I was qualified for the job, she would fear my "accent" would get in the way of guests' enjoyment, especially because the position would involve leading guide tours of the MK. Now a days? Some of the Guests Relation hosts and hostesses have very thick accents and do not even have the personality or body appearance for someone in such important position at the parks. Yet there they are. Furthermore... I suspect this is an initiative to please the local goverment since theyare the ones who insist on this bilinguality because they realize there is a rather sizeable hispanic population taking over Florida and they need their vote.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>When did the Princesses get promoted to Queens?<< I was talking about myself you silly.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I don't know if it is true, but a Spanish friend of mone explained it's because one of the king's of Spain had a lisp and people started speaking it with a lisp as a result. I'm not sure if this is a myth (it sounds like one), but stranger things have happened.<< I have heard this story as well. It would explain why no one in Latin Am speaks with the lisp.
Originally Posted By Lake Nona We are slowly with this country (USA) becoming a Montreal...with si spanish.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<I57, you probably didn't get the point I was trying to make, which was ...this spanish push in the part of Disney seems unnecesary because at WDW, close to 90% of the CMs are latinos to begin with...>> You're right. I didn't pick up on that. Especially since someone after you posted that "this is just one more thing for CM's to stress about." <<I suspect this is an initiative to please the local goverment since they are the ones who insist on this bilinguality because they realize there is a rather sizeable hispanic population taking over Florida and they need their vote.>> I don't know anything about Florida politics, and I wasn't able to open the link you provided. So I'll trust you on this. <<I was told flat to my face by the white bread female manager that as much as I was qualified for the job, she would fear my "accent" would get in the way of guests' enjoyment, especially because the position would involve leading guide tours of the MK.>> OMG. That was SO wrong of her! TDLFAN, your English is not at ALL difficult to understand, and your Spanish accent (which, I regret, I don't even notice any more when I talk to you) is absolutely charming. UGH! Their loss -- totally! Estupidos!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<OK, IIRC, most Disney Queens are evil >> Yeah, he still got it right.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>OMG. That was SO wrong of her!<< That was 1983 Inspector. People didn't live by politically correctness laws..but that was Disney to you back then.
