Patterns of variation between men and women speakers

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I think there must be differences derived from cultural divisions... women have been taught to avoid some kinds of words and to avoid certain tones, but I think those differences are not so easy to see now that women talk like men in many of the ugly ways our grandmothers taught us not to.

Originally Posted by JPablo

And like Les Luthiers say (in perfect Mexican accent, although they are Argentinians), "Ándale, Bernardo, ¡cántale ahorita la tuuuyaAA!"

Ehmmm... discrepo un poco... las palabras son perfectamente mexicanas, pero el acento no (es una mezcla demasiado heterogénea de formas de hablar en las películas).

[ookami]

Así -con ese acento- hablaba una mexicana que conocí hace unos meses cuando viajaba por el norte de América, y no era actriz exactamente (lamentablemente)

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I agree with you, Chileno, I think that such patterns depend more on the age than on the sex. I asked my husband about it, he's a teacher and he speaks with a lot of people of different ages (another teachers and students) everyday, much more than I do, for if he had noticed any difference between girls and boys when they talked. His answer made me laugh: "¿Te has fijado en esos programas de la tele, tipo X, Y o Z, en que aparecen hombres y mujeres o chicos y chicas? Pues todos hablan igual de zafio."

Unfortunately, all that has spread out to our countries in even a more alarming rate, and things are "happenning" faster than ever.

I hope something good comes out it, as it should.