¡Este Güey/Tío!

ALSO TO THOSE WHO SPEAK SPANISH WITH THE SPAIN DIALECT AND USE THE TH SOUND

brandondominguez:

I’m sorry but I cringe when I hear it because it sounds so ridiculous and completely unnecessary. L o l

I’m gonna stop you right there buddy.

You should never cringe upon hearing someone’s accent, but learn to appreciate the diversity that exists in the world’s languages.

In English, when you say “Faith has a beautiful face”—do you cringe when you hear the “th” sound?  No, of course not.  That is because in English, these two sounds are phonemes, which are differing sounds used to distinguish words (for example, “cat” and “bat” differ in the first sound, so [k] and [b] are distinct phonemes in English).  Likewise, in Spanish [Θ] (the th- sound) and [s] are distinct phonemes—at least in Spain.  Therefore words like “coser” (to sew) and “cocer” (to cook) are pronounced differently (the first with an [s] sound, the second with a [Θ] sound).

Of course, this doesn’t make it NECESSARY, as anyone could understand the distinction between the two words based merely on context.  But there are interesting historical developments which are the cause for the [Θ]/[s] distinction in Peninsular Spanish, and you shouldn’t dismiss them by saying they sound ridiculous.  You could hurt someone’s feelings.

(also, I’m going to ignore that your post was directed at me)

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My Spanish accent recording:  Stolen from cufuleferofo who stole it from Frijol-Salvadoreño, don’t judge me too harshly ;)

This is a Spanish accent tag (I will translate some of these questions for non-spanish speakers).

¿Nombre de usuario? (What is your name / username?)
¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?)


Pronuncia las siguientes palabras: menos, sabor, abogado, apoyándose, inclusión, bandera, vecino, hilo, arma, carrera, retrasar, trimestre, vergüenza
segmento, posdata, sobresalto, secar, madera, cumpleaños, nezahualcoyotl

Preguntas:
¿Cuál es tu verdadero nombre? ¿Puede decirnos?
¿Dónde vives en este momento?
¿Alguna vez has viajado fuera de tu país?
¿Cuántos idiomas sabes?
¿Cuánto tiempo tienes en tumblr?
¿Pasa más tiempo en tumblr que facebook?
¿Tus amigos y familia saben que tienes un tumblr?
¿Te consideras adicto(a) a tumblr?
¿Qué haces además de pasar la mayor parte de tu tiempo en tumblr?
¡Date prisa! Elija el libro más cercano y por favor de leer unas cuantas frases!

Ve a tu iTunes y selecciona cualquier canción. ¿Cómo se llama?

¿De que se trata tu tumblr?

¿Qué actor/actriz estas obsesiono(a) con en este momento?
¿Qué programa de televisión estás obsesionado(a) con en este momento?
¿Tienes una habilidad especial? ¿Qué es?
¿Cuál es la última película que has visto?
Por favor diga las tres primeras palabras que aparecen en tu cabeza!

*Questions Translation:

What is your real name? Will you tell us?
Where do you live at the moment?
Have you ever traveled outside of your country?
How many languages do you know?
How long have you been on tumblr?
Do you spend more time on tumblr than facebook?
Do friends and family know you have a tumblr?
Do you consider yourself addicted to tumblr?
What do you do besides spend most of your time on tumblr?
Hurry! Pick the nearest book and read a few sentences!
Go to your itunes and pick a random song. What is it?
What is your tumblr about?
What actor/actress are you obsessing over at the moment?
What show are you currently obsessed with?
Do you have a special skill? What is it?
What’s the last movie you watched?
Say the first three words that pop into your head!

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