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The Miami Herald reports on the growth of Spanish in mainstream U.S. culture.  The article is full of examples of how Spanish is becoming more and more evident on television, in movies, and in theatre.  The article also cites the publication of the  Enciclopedia del español en los Estados Unidos, which chronicles the use of Spanish in more than 80 articles.

The article also notes:

The shortcomings are still many: Hispanics are worried that the new generation is not speaking Spanish well, or not speaking it at all. Americans don’t consider speaking a second language important enough to devote funding to quality bilingual education.

”I don’t subscribe to the view that English is overwhelming and that it will overpower Spanish and make people forget the mother tongue,” Lago says. “The momentum of Spanish is unstoppable, the numbers tell the story — but I don’t think a triumphant posture is appropriate.”

But what’s certain, linguists says, is that a significant social evolution is taking place.

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