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The Spanish of Argentina: el Castellano del Río de la Plata
By Scott Ferree · 18 years ago
First, I’d like to clear up a common misconception: “Castellano” and “español” are two words for the same thing – and both words mean Spanish. If someone asks you, “¿Hablás castellano?” they want to know ...
Argentine Spanish versus Spanish from Spain: Do they even speak the same language?
By Scott Ferree · 18 years ago
One of the most frustrating things about learning Spanish is that, somewhere along the line, students realize that the Spanish they hear spoken by native speakers may or may not be the same Spanish that ...