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Dyran Altenburg (X)
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Jan 29, 2003

http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=35842



Interesante muestra de variedades del español en un anuncio de Heineken.
 
Marcus Malabad
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need a lesson in regionalisms Jan 29, 2003

Both Mexican and Argentinian versions were almost completely unintelligible for me...although I could discern the meaning of the Mexican since I hear that typical sing-song all the time here. The *translation* into universal Spanish (was that Castillian?) saved me. You could write entire linguistic treatises on this. Thanks, it was entertaining!
 
Andrea Bullrich
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That was fun! Jan 29, 2003

Although it would have helped to have Henry Hinds around for the Mexican stuff, and to be a few years younger for the Argentinian version!



Qué buena cosa los multimedios, no? O los multimedia? O...?



Andrea
 
nimrodtran
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Not "Castillian" (what's "Castillian"?) Jan 29, 2003

Hi,



Marcus wrote: \"The *translation* into universal Spanish (was that Castillian?) saved me\".



I don\'t know what you call Castillian. In Argentina, when I was young(er), at elementary and at high school, language class was called \"Castellano\". If you mean by Castillian the \"Spaniard Spanish\", the answer is no. It was the so-called \"neutral Spanish\", more or less understandable everywhere. (An Spaniard would never say something like \"presencia l�... See more
Hi,



Marcus wrote: \"The *translation* into universal Spanish (was that Castillian?) saved me\".



I don\'t know what you call Castillian. In Argentina, when I was young(er), at elementary and at high school, language class was called \"Castellano\". If you mean by Castillian the \"Spaniard Spanish\", the answer is no. It was the so-called \"neutral Spanish\", more or less understandable everywhere. (An Spaniard would never say something like \"presencia líder\").



Best regards,



Emilio ▲ Collapse
 


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