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Old September 12, 2009, 05:22 PM
hermit hermit is offline
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pjt33 and villa et al. in madrid i found it like london - most people were
very clear in their speech, and some spoke the variant/dialect of their
place of birth. i learned spanish in the dominican republic, so some of the regional differences in spain were confusing to my ear. 90% of the
conversations in madrid, aranjuez, and toledo were understood 'bien clarito'.

to the north american english ear, some of the uk regional variations are
unintelligible over the telephone; better in person.

hermit
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