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Hellios 
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Joined: 25-Sep-2006 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 1933 |
 Topic: Chilean SpanishPosted: 18-Mar-2007 at 13:02 |
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I like the way Chileans speak Spanish the most.
Clear, articulate, not too fast or slow, good grammar & accent, etc.
What do you think?
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Posted: 18-Mar-2007 at 13:15 |
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Ha Ha Ha!!!!
Chileans have the worst Spanish in the Americas!
We speak Spanish worst than Aussies speak English.
(Sorry Australian fellows but I can't underestand a word of what you say)
There is even a book an American wrote for English Speaking people that have tried to understand us. Buy it before even attempt to go to Chile
 It is called "How to survive in the Chilean Jungle"
  Read this:
And the oppinion of a tourist:
"Help!!! That pretty much sums up how I felt my first few months in Chile. Quickly realizing that the Spanish spoken [there] is far different to that which I was accustomed to in Mexico and Guatemala, I decided to buy a notebook and write down the new words I heard...
Me and my little book were constantly laughed at, but at least life was becoming much easier as I began to cachar el mote...And it was obvious that I was not alone in the "jungle" as the vacant expressions of so many foreigners attested to. So one day it occurred to me: why not write a book of chilenismos (Chilean slang) and some of the more traditional Spanish expressions that are heard here? Chilean Spanish is not typical Spanish. It is a idiomatic language...[from] Chile's history of immigration and close knit immigrant communities and thus the frequency of words and expressions from other languages (primarily Italian, Yugoslavian, German and English). Added to this is the notable increase of Spanglish, as English schools have spread throughout Chile and as music, movies and technology from the United States has flooded the market." John Brennan July 30, 1996 Santiago, Chile Edited by pinguin - 18-Mar-2007 at 13:16 |
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Hellios
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Joined: 25-Sep-2006 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 1933 |
Posted: 18-Mar-2007 at 13:30 |
Not the Chileans I've met, but it's good to know what you think of Chilean Spanish.
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Frederick Roger
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Joined: 09-Jan-2005 Location: Portugal Online Status: Offline Posts: 658 |
Posted: 18-Mar-2007 at 14:17 |
I've actually heard the exact same thing coming from an Uruguaian, something about Chileans not pronouncing their vowels or the like.
I myself can't tell, don't know a thing about the lingo, and Los Jaivas still sound great to me.
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Hellios
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Joined: 25-Sep-2006 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 1933 |
Posted: 18-Mar-2007 at 14:42 |
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I've heard many different people from various Spanish speaking countries criticize the Spanish of other countries. Chileans were impressive, but based on your posts Chile doesn't really deserve any compliment, so I'll retire my thread & leave it here for future reference about the quality of Chilean Spanish.
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