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Post by Tex on Dec 22, 2012 11:40:11 GMT -6
One of my goals for the new year is to get beyond the Tex-Mex Spanish that I have spoken for decades. My main difficulty is with verb tenses for non standard conjugations and there is no substitute for rote learning to remedy this.
I found a 1951 book amongst my grandfather's books, and since he was quite fluent in Spanish, I figured the book might be
The illustrator was one Andrew Warhol.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 22, 2012 11:46:19 GMT -6
Never heard of Andrew Warhol, but I guess he got his 15 minutes of fame illustrating that book.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 22, 2012 12:27:29 GMT -6
That book could have been start of Mr Warhol's career.
I had Spanish for 5 years in school. Two years in Jr. High and three in High School. I guarantee you that what we are taught in school is not what they speak in Mexico. I speak pretty damn good Spanish and most of it was learned from my workers. I can hold a decent conversation with waiters, shop owners and taxi drivers in Mexico. I guess just listening to them and tiring to get my point across I learned the language.
But they still know I am mad when I start scream and cusing in English.
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Post by Tex on Dec 22, 2012 13:08:12 GMT -6
I took Spanish as a kid from a very proper Peruvian (and her not so proper son was one of my pussy chasing buddies at UT Austin). When I got back to the oilfield, I learned that the Castilian Spanish and "Do you attend the University?" were not what was needed. Spanish has a hundred dialects, most of them considered improper by purists but what I need to do is carry on a seamless conversation with an educated Mexican from Nuevo León and not sound like too much of a gringo.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Dec 22, 2012 14:31:21 GMT -6
and not sound like too much of a gringo. That's hard not to do. I try but I know I sound like one. |
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