I'm of two minds really; yes, you should respect your heritage and enjoy the language of your birth/upbringing.. but at the same time, you should also respect the country you are living in by attempting to learn and use the language there. The "official" (technically there IS no official language but still...) language in the USA is English (or American), and it really fries me to see street signs and official buildings etc. labeled in foreign tongues because the people living in that area don't speak our language! Though, I must say, those in New England do speak a different form of 'english' since they refuse to admit the letter Ah .. erm... R ... exists.... :P (Hey I live in Maine, I can say this!)