How do I beat this crafty old dude?

[Sudacafan]

@Sudacafan Please I'm curious.

Never been in Mexico or Chile.
I hope I have been of much help.

 

[Airspun]

What’s his name or it never happened

 

[optic yellow]

Never been in Mexico or Chile.
I hope I have been of much help.

Surely you've met people from Chile.

 

[Sudacafan]

Surely you've met people from Chile.

Yes.
Chileans, they talk fast.

Now I think of it, I guess the fastest talkers in Spanish talking America are the Peruvian women.

 

[Bisquick]

I’m Chilean and I have to tell Dominicans to slow it down when speaking to them - they are the fastest Spanish talkers to me.
Chileans abbreviate lots which can throw the non natives off.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

My memory of my travels around Mexico from 30 years ago was that it varies from very fast in the northwest states, to quite slow and easy to follow in the southern states. Some parts of Colombia the Spanish had a bit of an Italian cadence to it, but generally not too fast. I find Colombian Spanish relatively easy to follow.

I find the Chilean Spanish to be on the fast side, but mostly it’s really mumbly and tougher for a gringo to understand. Paraguayan Spanish is a little like that, but more sing-song rhythmic fluid than mumbly fluid.

Maybe our Spanish dialect experts on the forum can chime in.

I’ve heard quite a few Brazilians say that they understand a decent amount of Spanish from various Latin American regions but those Spanish-speaking people have a very difficult time understanding their Brazilian Portuguese

 

[Happi]

Ita an interesting thread, reading the match writing I imagine @travlerajm playing some great beautiful tennis agains a former top 300 pro at fairly same age and a 30 yo no 14 in Chile. Close matches.

Then I came across this video.

I must be missing something…….is that you @travlerajm

 

[travlerajm]

Ita an interesting thread, reading the match writing I imagine @travlerajm playing some great beautiful tennis agains a former top 300 pro at fairly same age and a 30 yo no 14 in Chile. Close matches.

Then I came across this video.

I must be missing something…….is that you @travlerajm

Keep in mind that I am a chameleon in style. I can play many different styles of tennis, but they are all ugly.

 

[I get cramps]

I’ve heard quite a few Brazilians say that they understand a decent amount of Spanish from various Latin American regions but those Spanish-speaking people have a very difficult time understanding their Brazilian Portuguese

O mesmo não acontece com este espanhol que se dirige ao senhor, que isso fique claro.

 

[optic yellow]

I’ve heard quite a few Brazilians say that they understand a decent amount of Spanish from various Latin American regions but those Spanish-speaking people have a very difficult time understanding their Brazilian Portuguese

It's the standard hick dialect issue, ser also Scottish vs. English and South Tyrolean/Austrian vs. German.

 

[travlerajm]

It's the standard hick dialect issue, ser also Scottish vs. English and South Tyrolean/Austrian vs. German.

Chile is kind of like an island, because of the barrier of the Andes.

A Paraguayan can easily hop on a bus and get to Brazil or Argentina. But takes more guaraníes to pay for an airfare.

 

[Bisquick]

Chile is kind of like an island, because of the barrier of the Andes.

A Paraguayan can easily hop on a bus and get to Brazil or Argentina. But takes more guaraníes to pay for an airfare.

When I was a kid I used to get shipped off via bus to summer with family in Argentina from chile - by myself mom would just tell the driver that my aunt Gloria would pick me up on arrival in Mendoza - the good old days.