American English

This is now the Language used everywhere, especially on the Web.

I have heard young Ticos with their iPhones in hand, correcting each other's pronunciation. They know when to speak Spanish, and when to speak English.

American popular culture is its most valuable export, and one finds it everywhere.

If you want to put down a Mexican-American (and there ate plenty of those in America) all you have to say is that he (or she) is acting like a lower-class Mexican.

Upper-class Mexicans fit in easily (are bilingual) and are more advanced, in some ways than Americans are.