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>>>>Castellan as spoken by Spaniards is easy for me to understand, as I have spoken it since I was a child. In Spain you have many languages dependant upon where you are located. Spanish in southern Spain is often called Andaluz, and they speak a dialect of Castellan that includes chopping off the ending of words. This is flamenco country so I am very familiar with this region.
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>>>Thank you for explaining it. BTW, I am curious, did you live in Spain as a child? Or what were the circumstances of your learning Spanish?
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>>My mom spoke Castellan, and I studied it in school. From age 4 I have been interested in flamenco. When Katy and I were married Katy spoke no English. Then she told me to speak to her only in English. Her English is excellent and my Castellan needs work! I understand but speaking it is not as it was 40 years ago! :)
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>I see. This is what I need, a girl friend who speaks no English <g>.

or preferably one that just doesn't speak. Period. :-)