Re: CHAT: I need help with the concept "New World Spanish"
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 1, 2002, 5:39 |
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David Peterson scripsit:
> But anyway, since most of what's been said has been correct, I'd say, on
> both sides, let me ask: What exactly are you trying to do? If you've got two
> different groups, one says their Spanish is okay for the Americas (but not
> necessarily Spain), and the other group says their language is not acceptable
> for Spain, what's the problem?
The person I am trying to convince is the keeper of labels: he thinks
I should use "Spanish of Spain" for the second group, but I think the
first group deserves a label too, and he doesn't see it.
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