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Old March 05, 2011, 11:58 AM
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For that matter, could someone answer the same question about a Yankee's accent when speaking Spanish?
Sí, ¿hay una diferencia evidente entre de los acentos de los ingleses y los americanos, cuando hablando español?
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Bien, pero, a un mejicano ó un español, ¿es el acento inglés atractivo ó desagradable? Por ejemplo, creo que un mejicano hablando inglés tiene un acento muy atractivo porque suena romántico y exótico, pero un aléman hablando inglés suena desagradable y seco...
I liked me your commentary completely I'm agree with you when a women speaks in English and she was born in Mexico, her voices sounds very romantic and sexy.
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Well, I have lived where many a Yankee roamed the land with the buffalo and to tell you the truth they all sound the same (not the yankee and the buffalo). I mean the Yankee and any other non Spanish speaking person....well maybe not John Wayne. To me anyways....

I learned English and Spanish because I was raised speaking both languages. No formal Spanish schooling until I became an adult.
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I liked much your comentary.
¿Porque fue interestante...? ¿ó porque eres mejicano ó mejicana? hahaha!

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Well, I have lived where many a Yankee roamed the land with the buffalo and to tell you the truth they all sound the same (not the yankee and the buffalo). I mean the Yankee and any other non Spanish speaking person....well maybe not John Wayne. To me anyways....

I learned English and Spanish because I was raised speaking both languages. No formal Spanish schooling until I became an adult.
Well I assumed we would sound more or less the same too, but a couple of weeks ago a guy from Washington joined our Spanish class at uni, and for the life of me I could barely understand a word he said when he spoke Spanish!!

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I listen to podcasts for Spanish language learners. One of them is done by some Scots who are fluent in Spanish. I strongly believe that their accent is different than mine when speaking Spanish. But, obviously, I wouldn't know........
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Sí, ¿hay una diferencia evidente entre de los acentos de los ingleses y los americanos, cuando hablando hablan (or "al hablar") español?
I've dealt with a few foreigners who can speak Spanish pretty well, and I've found that British people tend to care a lot about the pronunciation of vowels and "r" sounds. They also care for grammar.
Most of the Americans I know tend to pronounce vowels and "r"s the way they do in English and they also try to translate word for word what they would have said in English. That makes it a little hard to understand them some times. Although that's very different when they have learnt another language like French or German before.
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I've dealt with a few foreigners who can speak Spanish pretty well, and I've found that British people tend to care a lot about the pronunciation of vowels and "r" sounds. They also care for grammar.
Most of the Americans I know tend to pronounce vowels and "r"s the way they do in English and they also try to translate word for word what they would have said in English. That makes it a little hard to understand them some times. Although that's very different when they have learnt another language like French or German before.
Soy inglesa pero vivo en Irlanda y voy a la universidad aquí, y en mi clase todos mis profesores dicen que la pronunciación de 'r' es muy importante, si no se pronuncie 'r' como los españoles en un examen, es probable que se repuebe. Pero sí, estoy de acuerdo, el chico américano en mi clase pronuncia sus 'r's como un estadounidense todo el tiempo, ¡a mí suena terrible!
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Sí, ¿hay una diferencia evidente entre de los acentos de los ingleses y los americanos, cuando hablando español?
A que sí.
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Hablar varios idiomas tiene sus implicaciones económicas positivas. Por eso empecé a estudiar inglés
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Estudio el español porque mis padres lo hablan. El español es la lengua nativa de mi madre, y mi padre lo aprendió cuando tenía 19 años. Muchas veces hablaban en español para que yo y mi hermano no entendiéramos. Quería entenderlos(les?) y hablarles.
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¿Porque fue interestante...? ¿ó porque eres mejicano ó mejicana? hahaha!



Well I assumed we would sound more or less the same too, but a couple of weeks ago a guy from Washington joined our Spanish class at uni, and for the life of me I could barely understand a word he said when he spoke Spanish!!
I'm Mexican guy hahahaah!

I'm a man, yes my commentary was funny then, I happy that you have enjoyed my commentary about it.


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I studied english because I always liked it and I think it is important nowdays to learn a different language than yours
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Hello.

Good morning.

How much languages you speak currently?
I speak a little of English and I speak my tongue language Spanish, always I have wanted to learn French, but I believe that language can be hard for me, at least I didn't investigate where I can take a training for it.

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Hello.

Good morning.

How much languages you speak currently?
I speak a little of English and I speak my tongue language Spanish, always I have wanted to learn French, but I believe that language can be hard for me, at least I didn't investigate where I can take a training for it.

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Pienso que france sea mas facil que ingles porque france ya tiene la misma estructura de frases. Mientras que ingles tiene reglas a reglas que contradice otras reglas.

Y estudio espanol porque a mi me encanta los idiomas. Si pude, estudiaria todos los idiomas del mundo. Pero tambien, quiero ser un profesor de espanol.
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Hello.

Good morning.

How much languages you speak currently?
I speak a little of English and I speak my tongue language Spanish, always I have wanted to learn French, but I believe that language can be hard for me, at least I didn't investigate where I can take a training for it.

Sincerely yours.
You should give French another try. I know some French, and it has really helped my Spanish comprehension quite a bit, because a ton of words are very similar in French and Spanish. French should actually be easier for you than English. It would be a little bit harder than Italian, but it's not that hard.
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Yes I believe that same, I should to study French at least a little for on my own, solely that I don't speak English very well and my goal is speaks English at least in 80 per cent for me, I write English but some mistakes that even I do occasionally naturally I'm not native American or British, but my time has token to learn this language in fact three years and half has took to learn this language for myself.

Now if I try to learn other language, I get a confusion, because nor I will learn correctly the English and much less the French.

Although I'm not close to that possibility, also I didn't find some place here in my city where it gives French training for people.

Do you know some website where I can get that?
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Yes I believe that same, I should to study French at least a little for on my own, solely that I don't speak English very well and my goal is speaks English at least in 80 per cent for me, I write English but some mistakes that even I do occasionally naturally I'm not native American or British, but my time has token to learn this language in fact three years and half has took to learn this language for myself.

Now if I try to learn other language, I get a confusion, because nor I will learn correctly the English and much less the French.

Although I'm not close to that possibility, also I didn't find some place here in my city where it gives French training for people.

Do you know some website where I can get that?
livemocha.com Its actually a good site for anyone trying to learn a new language.
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Quiero hablar español en un país otro de los Estados Unidos. Quiero hablar un lenguaje otro de inglés. Recientemente, visité a Israel en un "exchange program" (?) y todos los estudiates podían hablar hebreo e inglés. Creí que un día, yo podría hablar en otro lenguaje.
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saludos a todos , yo estoy intentando aprender ingles ya que es importante para obtener empleo, yo soy mexicano y si alguien requiere hablar español, yo puedo ayudarle y si hay alguien que me puedo enseñar algo de ingles o incluso tener una charla se los agradeceria mucho.
Hi, everybody, i want to learn speak english because is important to get a job, Im mexican. is there somebody who want to speak spanish I can help you and is there somebody who can teach me to speak english will be great, maybe we can chat
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livemocha.com Its actually a good site for anyone trying to learn a new language.
Hello I know that my answer arrived very late but never is late for anyone.
Yes livemocha is a good site where I can do my practices with someone for voice and that website test you some teachers.

That result good for a learning.
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