>Don't get discouraged if you think you speak a good spanish only to go on vacation to, lets say, Mexico to learn that you cant understand a word they're saying. There are significant differences between countries to make an indigenous speakers dizzy. I still remember the first time I spoke with a chilean, and an argentinian! jeez! they have funny words. <g>
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>The best time I've had (speaking spanish) was when I went to a meeting in Argentina, and was on a table with at least one person from the following countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and,,, another country. We were laughing our heads off trying to describe things we saw.

I have been studying Spanish (as a hobby) for about 15 years. And I still can't understand when argentineans talk (mostly when I watch moves produces in Argentina). But I can understand mexicans speaking spanish fairly well. I think they should send all argentineans to Mexico to learn how to speak proper spanish .

To the credit of Argentina, their moves, from the few that I saw, are the best. Even without understanding half of it, I really love argentinean movies.

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