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Old June 12, 2011, 11:10 AM
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No soy vs. No estoy

What is the difference between "No estoy" and "No soy" in this song?
What is it trying to say?


This is a really cool song!
And is that a Chilean accent?
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Old June 12, 2011, 11:19 AM
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Good question. He seems to be very angry about something. Everything, in fact .

And she could do well by keeping off the drugs and makeup.

As for the accent, the title 'rock Chileno' might be a teeny weeny clue.

Edit: hey - that's cheating. You edited your post.
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Old June 12, 2011, 11:44 AM
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As for the accent, the title 'rock Chileno' might be a teeny weeny clue.

Edit: hey - that's cheating. You edited your post.
Indeed, I would declare the same, sworn in court . But the fact is that there's no accent there -or there's a collage of many accents-. Probably something intended to reach international audiences. If you asked me, I would say the chap sings in a pretty neutral American accent but trying too hard to imitate some s-c-z differentiation as Americans think they do in Spain -not as they do indeed in Spain-.

About "ser" and "estar" it's just a play of words as creative and deep as all the non stop rhymes ended in "ión" . The lyrics are pretty much a land lot: build on it whatever you want.

"No estoy: no tengo fe. No soy: no tengo dios" ¡Qué profundo! Como diría el kioskero de la esquina «¿Eso es una letra? ¡Andá a laburar al puerto, andá!»
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Old June 12, 2011, 12:24 PM
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Como diría el kioskero de la esquina «¿Eso es una letra? ¡Andá a laburar al puerto, andá!»
No lo entiendo.
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but trying too hard to imitate some s-c-z differentiation as Americans think they do in Spain -not as they do indeed in Spain-
Do you mean he messed up on it? Why would he go for as neutral an American accent as possible, and then try to add the s-c-z differenciation? Or was he going for a Peninsular accent but just didn't do it well enough, so it ended up sounding like a neutral American accent?
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No salgo de mi asombro ante una letra tan profunda.

I can't get over my astonishment at the depth of the lyrics.

"ser" and "estar" in this song mean nothing. The accent is a fake accent. Nothing to do with Chile or any other place.

You shouldn't try to learn grammar using this type of songs. Most of the time the words mean nothing.

I'm sorry.. Don't take it personally
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Old June 12, 2011, 01:47 PM
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No lo entiendo.
Meaning: «Those are lyrics, really? Get a real job! They're hiring at the pierce.»

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Do you mean he messed up on it? Why would he go for as neutral an American accent as possible, and then try to add the s-c-z differenciation? Or was he going for a Peninsular accent but just didn't do it well enough, so it ended up sounding like a neutral American accent?
It's a sort of fake neutral all-Hispanic accent. The same happens with Spanish groups trying to neutralize their accent to appeal the international market. About localization of those accents I would say that they sink in Sargasso Sea.

It's the equivalent of North American actors doing Shakespeare and trying too hard to imitate John Gielgud's accent. They'd do better by using a nice neutral ivy-leaguish accent, as Shakespeare's plays are no localisms and patrimonial for every English speaking community. The same way, smoothed local accents stripped from too local vocabulary are better than accents like the song's.

About the song, the accent imitates some "crossbred" accent used by the Spanish speaking versions of broadcasting companies based on USA that appeal to all the angles of the youth market, like Disney Channel or MTV. So it's the accent used in the Hispanic counterparts of The Twilight Saga which means that instead of being pathetic and spectacular, they're just plain pathetic.
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I think that's the Rock Latino style that started in the 80's, they all sounded about the same.
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It's the equivalent of North American actors doing Shakespeare and trying too hard to imitate John Gielgud's accent. They'd do better by using a nice neutral ivy-leaguish accent, as Shakespeare's plays are no localisms and patrimonial for every English speaking community
You mean so it doesn't sound too weird to British and Australian audiences? Because it sounds like a perfect British accent to North Americans. It would be odd to use that accent for something so pop cultury as this, as it sounds quite pretensious. Is the same thing true for this kind of accent?

How does this accent work exactly? Do you have to put in the Peninsular Castillian c/z distincción? Wouldn't it be better to go for an Andalusian accent, because it's closer to American accents? How does the accent they have differ from a Mexican or Chilean accent?
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I wouldn't say that's even close to Spanish accent.
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I wouldn't say that's even close to Spanish accent.
What would you say it is then?
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