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Old June 24, 2016, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
I think there are three major Spanish accents: Continental, Argentine, and Latin American. Among these three divisions, there is vast variety, For instance many Puerto Ricans pronounce the r like the Spanish j or French r, but in nearby Cuba many leave the r out when used in diphthongs. It can be fun to try to identify them. By the way the same can be said for English, native New Yorkers don't sound like native Philadelphians with a ninety mile distance between them.
Thanks for this info, poli.

Can you give an example of a word or two where the Cuban leave out the "r" in a dipthong?

Thanks if you can.
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