"I talk Spanish at home, except with my brothers, with them I speak English, " says Adriana, a teenager at Bell High School in East Los Angeles, California.
My parents are immigrants from Mexico and when I began school they did not speak English and neither did I.
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"I couldn't speak any English, " said Suzie, whose real name is being withheld to protect her identity.
"I am convinced that in one month when I meet up with the squad for the first time, I will be able to speak English, " Capello explained.
Then, when I was evacuated to Wales during the war, we spoke it virtually all the time because my aunt didn't speak much English, so I had to pick it up very quickly.
"He didn't speak English that well and with my Yorkshire slang, I think that made things difficult too, " said Toseland.
"I speak no Japanese at all, and she only speaks a little English, but we see it as an exciting challenge and proof of our faith, " he added.
And Mr Buckles admitted: "I can't say categorically that all the guards recruited by G4S for the Olympics are able to speak fluent English".
The young female cashier was texting on her cell phone when I arrived, pointing to the red phone downstairs one must use to call Moneygram and speak to a robot, selecting English or Spanish, whether sending or receiving money, giving the eight-digit confirmation code and personal ID information to release the funds for receipt.
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