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Old May 10, 2012, 06:25 PM
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Probably your feeling is right in terms of "more current" language. I.e., while the most common is "Érase una vez", it gives some slight "archaic" flavor... (If you use both, you cannot go wrong at all.)

Yup, Alec, is right. In Spain, the tradition is that your grandma will tell you tales... so she will say it with the set phrase... and so I bet Spanish translations of Andersen tales... Grimm et al will start with the "traditonal way"...
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