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Originally posted by Rucita
Let's see. We, Spanish people, pronounce "yo" like English "Joe" (yes, I think is the most similar pronuntiation). But there is in the world a lot of people from other nation that speak Spanish too, and they pronounce some letter in a different way than us, for example Argentine people, who they, certainly, pronounce "yo" like "zho". 
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Yes! A-ha! I am going to tell all the naysayers to go jump in a lake.
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Are you Dave studing Spanish?
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I took three years of Spanish in high school, and I was really in love with learning another language, but my teacher totally and completely turned me off from it. She made Spanish a horrible ordeal and by the end of my third year, I quit it. However, when I was studying, I tried to be as perfect at is as I could - working on my accent, grammar, etc. My teachers all thought I was going to be fluent by the end of five years, but like I said, I never got there.
Fortunately, in the last year or so I've rediscovered my love of language. I am not <b>currently</b> studying Spanish because I had a house fire just after I had bought a bunch of Spanish books and they were all destroyed. But in another month or so, I should be back on the right track.
It's funny, because I haven't sat down and thought about saying anything in Spanish in almost six years, but sometimes I'll just rattle something off in conversation without even thinking about it. I was particularly happy with myself when I ran into a girl at the Metro (I live near Washington, D.C.) and she needed money to make a phone call. She spoke zero English and was trying to communicate with me. I understood her Spanish perfectly and told her, in Spanish, that I had some change and she could have it, no need to give me a dollar for a few quarters. I don't even remember what I <b>said</b>, but I said it perfectly and she understood it like I <b>was</b> fluent. It was awesome.
So anyway, I guess there's some left under the surface, and I just need to awaken it.
(I am also studying German - I love languages, and plan to spend the rest of my life learning as many of them as possible.)
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I'm studing English by my own but you can see I'm not very good on that 
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Nonsense! Your English is actually very good. I wouldn't mistake you for someone who has spent their life studying the language, but I certainly wouldn't mistake you for someone who's only been studying a few months either. If you and I were face to face, I would have absolutely no trouble understanding you. Living where I do, I know a <b>lot</b> of people for whom English is a second (or seventh) language, and a vast majority of them are much worse with it than you.
If you want any help with English, let me know. I'm perfectly happy to show you what's correct and tell you why. (I think everyone should be multilingual, and to those that are making an effort to learn my native language, I offer nothing but assistance. Multiculturalism should be encouraged.)