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[Joseph Cirou]

When I was studying Spanish, I was told that the Columbians speak the best
Spanish in the new world. I was also told about various usages and that
Argentinean Spanish used a lot of antique expressions, probably like
colonial English or present day Quebecois

Joe

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 10:39 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/7/2015 8:34:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
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> The  professor who was trying to
> teach proper Spanish from Spain was not  amused.>>>>
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> It was certainly Castilian Spanish at UW-Madison when I took the  language.
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> There was a subtle, but definite undercurrent in the Spanish  Department
> (actually Spanish and Portuguese) that New World Spanish was second
> rate.
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> When I read something aloud in Spanish, my partner giggles that I  sound
> like a lisping Castilian.
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> David Strang.
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