Tonight I got together with a few friends for dinner. It was an interesting night; usually I don't hang out with these people outside of events like work. There were five of us around the counter top in Elena's apartment. Elena is Spanish, Omar's Mexican, Feliz is Turkish, Bret's American, and I am American. All of us having traveled some we of course ended up talking about traveling and the differences in cultures and governments.
We're also all bilingual, or in my case semi-bilingual, and mostly between Spanish and English. It was interesting listening to Spanish Maria and Mexican Omar talk about their language. We ended up with a friendly little dispute over pronunciation. Bret and I only added to this as he learned his Spanish in Spain and I leaned mine from people who lived in Mexico City not too far from Omar's home. He said he could tell I'd gotten my accent from "La Ciudad" which is a huge complement. It means that I speak well enough to have an accent other than gringo. :D :D :D
He may have just been flattering me, but I have reason to hope he wasn't since he corrected my Spanish every other sentence when we changed languages after Feliz left. I still have a long way to go. :S
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Hey, Jennifer, I found it! That's really neat about your Spanish. See, I told you it was better then you thought. No, you still have to write me because I don't have much time to do anything besides study :S I'm starting to feel a little swamped. I just wanted to say hi and congradulate you on your Spanish accomplishment. Have a great week!
See, Jennifer? I am not the only one! I your spanish is very good for just high school. Most of the kids who are passing spanish class at the high school here can't speak two words of it together. So take heart my lovely!
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