"Latin American" vs. "Spain" Spanish

Question

I just wanted to take a poll and see how many Spanish learners on this site are learning some form of Latin American Spanish versus those who are learning the Spanish of Spain...dialects and regional accents really interest me and I just was curious to find out. Maybe we could make this into a learning game: you tell (in English and Spanish) what variety of Spanish you are learning and why.

Example:

I am learning Latin American Spanish so I can be understood more widely in places where I would be likely to visit someday.

Estoy aprendiendo el español latinoamericano para que me puedan entender más en los lugares donde es probable que algún día visitaría.

Answer 1

Trato de aprender el español latinoamericano porque mi novio es de México. También, tengo muchos vecinos que son de México.

I try to learn Latin American Spanish because my boyfried is from Mexico. Also, I have a lot of (many) neighbors who are from Mexico.

That's neat!! Good answer :) - PumpkinCalabaza, Sep 24, 2012

Answer 2

I'm making it a point to learn both.

1.) I do this becasue Latin American (Particularly Mexican) Spanish is spoken widely where I live.

2.) I love learning new things.

3.) I plan on visiting Spain in the upcoming years. I'd also like to get a job there in the distant future. But looking at their economy, that remains uncertain.

As for dialects, I nomally speak with a Mexican/ Latin American accent, I'm sure I butcher it, but once and a while I'll speak with a Spanish accent. I'm usually pretty good at picking up accents, but the one that really gets me is an Argentinian accent, it sounds like Portuguese to me.

Once in a while, I like to pretend I have an Argentinian accent for fun because I love how they pronounce the "ll" and it's fun to say things like "Vos sos de México, ¿no?" :) - PumpkinCalabaza, Sep 24, 2012

Answer 3

Para efectos del foro, como la mayor parte de la comunicación es escrita, poco importa si se aprende español de América Latina o de España, a excepción, por supuesto, de los consabidos regionalismos que son difíciles de obviar.

He vivido en América Latina y en España. Dependiendo de con quien me junte, mi español se modifica sin problemas. Pero a la hora de escoger, prefiero el español latinoamericano, pues lo encuentro más dulce, más sonoro y más contagioso que el español de España.

Una ventaja de hablar español de España es que resulta más fácil escribirlo, pues palabras que ofrecen dudas a la hora de la escritura, se resuelven en España. Ejemplo: resolución (ray-sow-looh-thee-on vs. ray-sow-looh-see-on in Latin America).

This is true...but you can sometimes see people writing using "vosotros" or simple vocabulary differences like "coche" vs "carro" etc. - PumpkinCalabaza, Sep 24, 2012