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Accent and dialect

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So I was talking to this Puerto Rican man who is mixed with Dominican and also speaks perfect English, he said my spanish sounds a little learned does that mean I speak bad spanish? but my brothers girl friend who is Mexican said I sounded Argentine but somebody on Facebook said when they read my statuses on Facebook it looks as if I type with a mixture of a Argentine and a Mexican dialect like I have a Argentine parent and a Mexican parent so I guess that means I type good spanish and since she speaks perfect English I think she would have told me that my statuses dont make sense because she will sometimes ask If i was talking about her so what are your opinions does that mean it depends on who I am talking to? and I have also been told I sound like I am from Ecuador

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updated Nov 1, 2014
edited by Sc89
posted by Sc89
Please use consistent and correct English spelling and punctuation. Two question marks in a paragraph do not constitute correct punctuation. - Jubilado, Nov 1, 2014

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Whether you speak "bad" Spanish or not depends on how well you put words together in a coherent series. If you are not a native speaker you will have either an accent as a non native or an accent of the country where you developed fluency. So you pick which accent you like best and stick with it if you want to develop a fluent speech pattern.

Regarding correct spelling and punctuation on this site, please be sensitive to those who are using it as a tool to learn English. They see each post as an example of English. Help make it a good one. You seem to be aware of how to use English, please just follow the rules.

updated Nov 2, 2014
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado
:) - ian-hill, Nov 1, 2014