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Old October 16, 2010, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
Clearly anyone who would ask me that would not be from Argentina. An Argentinian would know right away that I wasn't from Argentina, because I don't speak with an Argentine accent. I have an accent that many Spanish speakers cannot identify at first and some incorrectly guess it's Argentine. Most Spanish speakers would most-likely not be familiar with vos, or at least would not be confortable with it. They would use tú-- hence what has been asked is ¿de dónde eres?
Oh, I know ... I just SO associate "sos" with Argentina....
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