Re: CHAT: I need help with the concept "New World Spanish"

Quoting "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:

> Quoting Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>:
> > I had a Japanese girlfriend at one point; she had spent some time in
> > Mexico. She said she had learned [dZo me dZamo], which sounded weird to
> > me... I could kind of accept [dZamo], but pronouncing |yo| as [dZo]
> > seemed bizarre. But she insisted that was what she had learned.
>
> Clearly, you haven't watched enough commercials on Univision
> or Telemundo:  "[dZame a?ora]..."
In case it wasn't obvious, there should have been a smiley there:  :) .

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