Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
How about Jornada.. for Trel.. as in Jornada del Muerto.. T. -Original Message- From: Chris Vreeland <cvreel...@austin.rr.com>Sent: Dec 30, 2008 8:11 AM To: Nico Escamilla <pitboun...@gmail.com>Cc: David <dlocklea...@gmail.com>, Texascavers Mailing List <TEXASCAVERS@TEXASCAVERS.COM>Subject: Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102 I picked up a healthy doseof Spanish one evening, taking in an episode of Viaje a Las Estrellas, con Willam Shatner in a hotel room in Zacatecas, back in '84. Having been a thorough trekkie back in my pre-teen years, it was an episode that I knew almost by heart, so though the dubbing was horrible, I still picked up quite a few words concepts -- and had a really good laugh. Trek, being a Nordic or Germanic word, apparently had no exact equivalent in Spanish. On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote: According to my former employer's human resources dept. the spanish spoken in northern Mexico (specifically Nuevo Leon) is the most standard spanish in the world, pretty much anyone that speaks spanish in other countries can understand most of what we say, Nico On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are fromnorthern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken inmany areas near the border. I will let someone else confirm that, butI am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America.The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV.David Locklear-Visit our website: http://texascavers.comTo unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.comFor additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/ - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
I picked up a healthy dose of Spanish one evening, taking in an episode of Viaje a Las Estrellas, con Willam Shatner in a hotel room in Zacatecas, back in '84. Having been a thorough trekkie back in my pre-teen years, it was an episode that I knew almost by heart, so though the dubbing was horrible, I still picked up quite a few words concepts -- and had a really good laugh. Trek, being a Nordic or Germanic word, apparently had no exact equivalent in Spanish. On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote: According to my former employer's human resources dept. the spanish spoken in northern Mexico (specifically Nuevo Leon) is the most standard spanish in the world, pretty much anyone that speaks spanish in other countries can understand most of what we say, Nico On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
In response to this latest post and a little to my just coming out of an 8 week spanish immersion program I can say that while there are differences even within mexico, the spanish learned near the border tends to be a melting pot for all the local dialects mainly due to the stream of people as they migrate north into the united states On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Chris Vreeland cvreel...@austin.rr.comwrote: I picked up a healthy dose of Spanish one evening, taking in an episode of * Viaje a Las Estrellas, con Willam Shatner* in a hotel room in Zacatecas, back in '84. Having been a thorough trekkie back in my pre-teen years, it was an episode that I knew almost by heart, so though the dubbing was horrible, I still picked up quite a few words concepts -- and had a really good laugh. Trek, being a Nordic or Germanic word, apparently had no exact equivalent in Spanish. On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Nico Escamilla wrote: According to my former employer's human resources dept. the spanish spoken in northern Mexico (specifically Nuevo Leon) is the most standard spanish in the world, pretty much anyone that speaks spanish in other countries can understand most of what we say, Nico On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
This post is intended for gringo cavers who plan to go caving south of the border. I found a great way to improve your Spanish. National Geographic sells DVD video documentaries in a Spanish format. You can get them at HEB at the border towns.They cost 99 pesos. I presume the English U.S. versions have a Spanish setting, but what is unique about these videos is that the Spanish spoken exactly matches the subtitles as the speaker is speaking. Unfortunately, the sound is just dubbed over the English. Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102
According to my former employer's human resources dept. the spanish spoken in northern Mexico (specifically Nuevo Leon) is the most standard spanish in the world, pretty much anyone that speaks spanish in other countries can understand most of what we say, Nico On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Also, to the best of my knowledge the narrators sounds like they are from northern Mexico, so you will be learning the language as it is spoken in many areas near the border.I will let someone else confirm that, but I am pretty sure they are not from Spain, Cuba, or South America. The quality of the sound and picture are very good, at least on my old tube TV. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
