Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?message-squaremessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down111
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareHow come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s wild when you look into how many different languages are “Chinese”. It’s like if someone were to say that someone from Germany spoke “European”.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoIn contrast though, I’m close to native in German, yet have a hard time with Austro-Bavarian dialects and can’t understand Schwiizerdütsch at all. The amount of times I have to say “Hochdeutsch, bitte…”
It’s wild when you look into how many different languages are “Chinese”. It’s like if someone were to say that someone from Germany spoke “European”.
In contrast though, I’m close to native in German, yet have a hard time with Austro-Bavarian dialects and can’t understand Schwiizerdütsch at all. The amount of times I have to say “Hochdeutsch, bitte…”
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