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brooklyn1

On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:40:51 -1000, dsi1 > wrote:

>On 9/16/2016 12:43 PM, wrote:
>> In the past both Spain and Portugal were very important.
>>
>
>That would be true. The Portuguese were the first great explorers of the
>world. My guess is that a Portuguese sailor landed in Okinawa 600 or so
>years ago and proceeded to spread his seed around. This resulted in the
>Okinawans looking distinctly different from the Japanese - hairy and stocky.
>
>As far as Spain goes, they had many colonies around the world as did
>England. For some reason, the former British colonies seem to have fared
>better in modern times than the Spanish ones.

Huh? Is that why most of Central and South America predominently
speak Spanish? Wasn't so very long ago that the entire US south spoke
Spanish, from Florida to California. Most Texans still speak
Spanglish... and would rather their employers offered Siesta time
rather than health insurance.