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Re: Cuban accent
Very interesting thought halfelven. Could be. Thanks for reading so many of my posts.
posted by
vogue
on April 1, 2008 at 11:30 AM
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Cuban accent
The elisions and truncations of the Cuban version of Spanish make it sound very strange to me. I think it sounds more nasal, too. Castro doesn't talk that way, but then he's Spanish-born.
I wonder if the differences in New World Spanish accents go back to regional accents in Spain? I know the parallel thing happened in English. New York and New England accents are based on the accent of London and southeastern England (back in colonial times, not the accent there now) while the back-country accent of the US South is based on Scotland, the west and north of England and Ulster in Ireland.
posted by
Halfelven
on April 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM
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That haha was a chuckle to say I understand.
posted by
Theresa_Poetry
on March 31, 2008 at 8:52 PM
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Sometimes it pays to ask..haha I have been there done that myself :)
posted by
Theresa_Poetry
on March 31, 2008 at 8:51 PM
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vogue
I'm happy you got that straightened out 'mon amie' I can get mixed up with French as well.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 31, 2008 at 8:25 PM
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Such a fine line! I so enjoy these snippets. sam
posted by
sam444
on March 31, 2008 at 1:42 PM
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I have that problem with english.
and it's the only language I speak.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on March 31, 2008 at 9:46 AM
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Pronunciation can (as in your example) make such a difference.
posted by
Troosha
on March 31, 2008 at 9:07 AM
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Very funny!
A nice example of the old problem - the difference between the 'proper' and the 'real' language...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 31, 2008 at 6:22 AM
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