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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 11:21 am
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Originally Posted by Vasco
you will get blank and quizzical looks from native Spanish speakers in other countries when you attempt to use your Argentinean Spanish, as so many of the nouns are unique to this country.
Virtually every country has its own unique nouns, idioms and slang ..this is not just an issue in Argentina. As a British guy who learnt Spanish in Buenos Aires whilst living there for 6 years, my experience is the complete opposite of what you have posted. I am pretty much fluent now and have had long and interesting conversations with many other Spanish speakers in numerous countries in South America, Mexico and Spain. I obviously grade my language to avoid using slang, lunfardo etc when conversing with non-Argentines but to suggest another Spanish speaker will not be able to understand you or think you're talking gibberish is nonsense

Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
you will function just fine, save the occasional faux pax because an innocent word in one country is super mal dicho in another.
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