Daily Entertainment.

[muji]

Pick your own topic! (AKA Steph's got a lot of balls up in the air.)

1. SARAH's going to do a SuperBowl party. Any takers?

2. Does anyone here speak Spanish fluidly-to-fluently? Can I ask you Stuff? (Primarily related to dialect differentiation between Iberian and Central American Spanish.)

3. My new online toy: Where I've Been.

Comments

[muji]

GABE.

I have a post to write sometime later re: List of Things to Change. Between Slumber Parties (oh my goodness Aspen -- my first party is going to have 35 people there) and just trying to be more inspired about life in general, I feel like I have stuff to do. It's very fun.

Also *cuts and pastes* re: Spanish? I am trying to determine if Alec the Iberian Boyfriend would be a help or a hindrance as a dialect model.

[silveraspen]

.... he's a workable possibility, yes. Now I will just try to get the free time thing sorted.

(35 people? Wow. GO YOU!)

Re: Spanish: It may make a difference, yeah; my high school teacher taught us from a Castilian perspective (I think) and then my college teacher was Argentinian. My background worked well there, and I was fine wandering Spain -- and oddly enough, Costa Rica -- but Chihuahuan Spanish is a whole different experience, especially in terms of localized use/dialect and slang. And of course, around here, we have a lot of people with strong ties to that area of Mexico. Etc. and so forth. But I think experience with the dialect in question helps in general.

[muji]

(EEE so nervous. I have no stock! I emailed my sponsor to see if I can borrow her demo kit. Some of these people already have shopping lists made up.)

I'm thinking Castilian's alright for right now, since a) I have a good chance of going to Spain before anywhere else Spanish-speaking, and b) What Rami said: ...between the two, it's better to learn Iberian, as it's sort of straight forward spanish, whereas south and central america varies by... where in south and central america you are, and so it's easier/better to learn the base, and then get the slang (if you need to) depending on where you're dealing with.

[silveraspen]

(Shopping lists are good! Means sales! Yay!)

I second Rami. :)

... ahaha and speaking of Spanish I have to vanish to work. *races off* Bye!