OT: Spanish syntax

[Scot LaFaive]

Is that "Spanish is spoken here" vs. "We speak Spanish"?

Maybe they wish to be more personal now.

Scot

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Back in the day, notices read:
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> "Se habla español."
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> Nowadays, they read:
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> "Hablamos español."
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> -Wilson
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