Understood, heck there are plenty of people in Louisiana that can't speak English either.
The part that he had to adapt to a "new county" is what puzzled me. New language - yes. New lifestyle - perhaps. New country - not since 111 years ago. -Zeb On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Wanda Barry wrote: > Trust me, Zeb, there are plenty of residents in Puerto Rico who > cannot speak English. Flew there enough times and always had > Spanish speakers on board to do Spanish PA's. > > Wanda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Vega > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:44 AM > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Today's (2/9) > Gainesville Sun BASKETBALL GatorNEWS Articles (3 Articles Included) > > > On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > >> When Florida senior guard Walter Hodge first enrolled at Florida >> Air Academy in Melbourne as a high school sophomore, he knew >> little English. >> >> From his native Guaynobo, Puerto Rico, Hodge adapted to a new >> language and country before even being admitted to UF. >> > Hmm. > > Puerto Rico is part of our country, and has been since 1898. > > -Zeb > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
