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Old 03-07-2012, 08:37 AM   #18
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Jokes apart, It's an expression Harry. Maybe it sounds weird in English or a bad translation from me perhaps? We use it when talking about countries that speak Spanish as 1st or native language, like ...
No, it wouldn't be used in English to refer to someone's language, although we use the expression "Latin American" as a synonym for "South and Central America". It just sounds strange in English to say "I speak Latin", unless you mean the language spoken in ancient Rome.
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