I mean, exactly, right? I think all we do know is that she speaks Spanish.
I mean, I dunno tons, but people tend to have strong feelings about this. In particular, the language and culture are very different - when I went to Spain I'd be speaking the Mexican Spanish I learned in school, and people would look at me oddly, or I'd have a hard time communicating. A lot fewer cognates (so different words!), using the "th" instead of "c", and in fact, like four different dialects, a couple or so of which don't sound like Spanish at all. In contrast, when I went to Peru, the Spanish was a lot more similar to what I learned and I had a better time understanding it.
Anyway, there's a whole lot more to it and I'm not the best person to ask, heh, but that may give you some idea.
...I wish I knew what the more general term is too, if there is one.
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Date: 2010-10-02 06:24 am (UTC)I mean, I dunno tons, but people tend to have strong feelings about this. In particular, the language and culture are very different - when I went to Spain I'd be speaking the Mexican Spanish I learned in school, and people would look at me oddly, or I'd have a hard time communicating. A lot fewer cognates (so different words!), using the "th" instead of "c", and in fact, like four different dialects, a couple or so of which don't sound like Spanish at all. In contrast, when I went to Peru, the Spanish was a lot more similar to what I learned and I had a better time understanding it.
Anyway, there's a whole lot more to it and I'm not the best person to ask, heh, but that may give you some idea.
...I wish I knew what the more general term is too, if there is one.