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Word for the Day, Monday, February 29, 2016-- calumniate
2/29/16 | xs

Posted on 02/29/2016 5:58:07 AM PST by xsmommy

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We were in Puerto Rico when my dad was in the military-other than a few differences in words for some food items and the fact that they talked a bit faster than us Nortenos, none of us had any problems with conversation-the people I’ve known from Cuba spoke Spanish even faster, though...

I haven’t been to Mexico in about 15 years-since it became too unsafe to get into my Suburban on vaca time and wander around going to archaeological sites and visiting friends and relatives-but in the interior there were still dialects spoken only in certain areas-difference in accent, slang words, idiomatic expressions, more formal speech etc-I’ve always found the way a language develops differently over an area fascinating.


141 posted on 02/29/2016 4:18:47 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: MoochPooch

Heard it didn’t go over so well. A ++++


142 posted on 02/29/2016 4:47:40 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: Texan5

Oh I agree, I love language.


143 posted on 02/29/2016 4:48:56 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Yes?


144 posted on 02/29/2016 4:59:31 PM PST by SoothingDave
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