Spanish Language in Chile
Just thinking about that jazzy cat on Calle Merced in Santiago, Chile. And the blonde girl at the grocery store who wears too much purple eyeliner. Young folk. It's the way they talk which often takes me by surprise. Can't be taught in a language class, probably can't be expalined. At least not by me.
I mean, no one ever understands my descriptions of things. As much as I try to tell people what's on my mind, I'm met with blank stares. I just can't explain anything.
Or perhaps the quality of my thoughts themselves is challenged. But I doubt it. I think my observations are truly inspired, and that the whole world should know about them. Still, I've had, literally, 0% success conveying the idea that a vast majority of Chileans have an overbite that makes them look like chipmunks, and that's the reason they're so goddamn cute, every last one of them.
I mean I totally lost the 5 five people I tried to explain this to, and I had to quickly change the subject. Like, forget I said anything! Whatever.
This next one's more scientific though. Call it Vocalization of the Chilean Dialect of the Spanish Language as a Bizarre Physics Phenomenon amongst 18-25 Year Old Population of Santiago, Chile. For short.
The sound of their words is most striking when heard from a ways off in a crowded room. It rises above the rest. The soundwaves carry through the air and because of the momentum actually have a stronger impact from a distance than if you're right up close. That's a scientific fact.
What does it sound like? Like a beautiful quacking sea lion smacking its wet flipper against a rock, the sound carries out strong, dancing and sing-song sonorous as if it were plucked from a knotty celo, a trumpet with the mute off or an ebullient, ripe young maiden.
It's a good sound. Probably associated with societal collapse of some sort, but who knows, who cares. I have to finish reading Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut and give it back to he who loaned it to me in two days. Sooner the better though, so I can begin purging myself of this questionable literary influence lickety split, and get back to my real task here which is to look for a good educational resource or online program to learn Spanish
I mean, no one ever understands my descriptions of things. As much as I try to tell people what's on my mind, I'm met with blank stares. I just can't explain anything.
Or perhaps the quality of my thoughts themselves is challenged. But I doubt it. I think my observations are truly inspired, and that the whole world should know about them. Still, I've had, literally, 0% success conveying the idea that a vast majority of Chileans have an overbite that makes them look like chipmunks, and that's the reason they're so goddamn cute, every last one of them.
I mean I totally lost the 5 five people I tried to explain this to, and I had to quickly change the subject. Like, forget I said anything! Whatever.
This next one's more scientific though. Call it Vocalization of the Chilean Dialect of the Spanish Language as a Bizarre Physics Phenomenon amongst 18-25 Year Old Population of Santiago, Chile. For short.
The sound of their words is most striking when heard from a ways off in a crowded room. It rises above the rest. The soundwaves carry through the air and because of the momentum actually have a stronger impact from a distance than if you're right up close. That's a scientific fact.
What does it sound like? Like a beautiful quacking sea lion smacking its wet flipper against a rock, the sound carries out strong, dancing and sing-song sonorous as if it were plucked from a knotty celo, a trumpet with the mute off or an ebullient, ripe young maiden.
It's a good sound. Probably associated with societal collapse of some sort, but who knows, who cares. I have to finish reading Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut and give it back to he who loaned it to me in two days. Sooner the better though, so I can begin purging myself of this questionable literary influence lickety split, and get back to my real task here which is to look for a good educational resource or online program to learn Spanish
posted by Chileno @ 10:02 PM
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