In Spain, people tend to accept that I’m a native speaker of Spanish from the Southern Cone, and nobody asks anything. But in the Caribbean I’m not fooling anybody.
“You speak so well, you could almost be a native speaker!” people keep exclaiming.
I stopped asking how they know I’m not 20 years ago when somebody answered this question with a kindly “porque eres muy blanquita, niña.”
Also, people here refuse to believe today is N’s and mine 16th anniversary. It’s not because we look extremely young (which we don’t) but because Klara is clearly not 15. It’s really funny.
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What is the southern cone?
And where are the people? Is not one staying there right now?
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They are at the buffalo wings place conveniently located at the outskirts of the resort.
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“What is the southern cone?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cone
Often used to refer to the Spanish of Argentina and Uruguay (very similar to each other) and less often to Paraguay and Chile (which go in different directions).
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I have a strong Argentinean accent in Spanish. I usually downplay it but I can go very authentic with the voseo, and even some lumfardo.
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Pero vos sos muy blanquita…
Happy anniversary, Clarissa! Mnogaya leta!
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