 The grandparents spoke almost exclusively Spanish and were reluctant—at times, even hostile—towards the idea of learning English; an episode featured a dream sequence where Joe, the son of the family, dreams about his grandparents exclusively speaking English.The grandparents' struggle with English often resulted in humorous misunderstandings and malapropisms.The parents' relative fluency in English was laced with strong Cuban accents, and would alternate between the two languages or code-switch depending on the situation.