LANGUAGES

Really? Oh, nice!

Yes, sure.

The living room, 

common space. 

Interaction, 

in english. 

No need to ask, 

straight to english 

Travelling, you might have money,

You must have attended college, 

So, you speak english,

Don’t you?

Sorry, english?

No mucho, señorita, 

Qué desea?

Oh! Ehm…

Usar baño?

Si, pase usted, 

Clean! Clean!

Thanks!

Spanish sounds quite good,

I wish I could learn a few words,

one day, 

If I’m boring. 

Fancy a beer?

Where are you from?

San Antonio.

Oh, cool. 

Texas.

So, you’re currently living in the States.

I’m american, 

My parents are from Mexico. 

Dark skin, black hair and deep eyes,

but not a word

in Spanish.

Sitting in the sofa, 

in the common space.

Listening, 

observing, 

…

Everybody on his own,

with his own gadgets: laptops, phones…

Home’s communication, 

indistinctive words.

Polish, Russian, French, Thai, Japanese…

Me, protected by catalan. 

Cozy with it, 

In terms of…prestige?

Not useful

What’s the reason of catalan?

Identity.

Excuse me, can I get a pair of these?

Local

A ticket for the next day off, please?

That’s the point.

Really?

Speaking catalan, 

Who am I?

My job

My purchasing power

My passport

Does it matter?ç

If I sound snob

saying a few sentences in French, 

Sexy, sophisticated, 

although you’re still speaking in english, 

most of the time.

That gave you the clue

to get that grant

to study in the USA.

Wow! USA…

There is nothing worthier than USA

Why would you choose… Italy instead?

That’s where I’m going to go on holidays next summer. 

Harvard, Brown, Yale…

All in english, part of them latinos, but in English. 

Struggling, 

With catalan?

Sorry?

What did you say?

Catalan

Oh! Interesting…

What is it for?

To clean your toilet. 

There are already Spanish and Polish people doing it for us.

Fancy a beer?

I feel like conversing.