The most complete South American country (cheap, conditions, accent, time)
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The Paisa region is the economic counterpoint to Bogota and the plateau region. It has various parallels to other LatAm regions such as the inland countryside region of Costa Rica, the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil and is musically tied to the Rioplatense region of Uruguay & Argentina.
It's a region steeped in tradition of quaint farmhouses, villages, old jeep vehicles and the birthplace of coffee production in the country. The region boomed in the 60's creating various important cities.
A British girl and an American guy attempting to speak in different Colombian accents as well as other countries, but the fact that they as foreigners can quite easily differentiate various Colombian accents, whereas grouping other countries as one, showcases further the diversity of Colombia that even people from outside cultures can tell regional differences.
They can differentiate the local accents because they have been living here for years. It's the same in any country. You can differentiate the national accents from your own country where you lived all your life. If you went to live in other country, you would start differentiating the accents there eventually.
The average non Colombian Latin American can only differentiate Caribbean, Inland and maybe Paisa accents.
Also I don't know why so many people want to make that guy famous, his videos are boring and stupid. But of course he is happy now that he's profiting from it and getting small jobs. All of this just by saying how "Colombians are cool and I love the country".
They can differentiate the local accents because they have been living here for years. It's the same in any country. You can differentiate the national accents from your own country where you lived all your life. If you went to live in other country, you would start differentiating the accents there eventually.
The average non Colombian Latin American can only differentiate Caribbean, Inland and maybe Paisa accents.
You're in cloud cuu-cuu land if you think people can only "maybe" differentiate the Paisa accent. Everywhere I go in the Spanish speaking world from Spain to Mexico when they find out I'm Colombian they speak to me in a Paisa accent, everyone knows 'Cartel de los Sapos'.
2 years and 3 years respectively in the country isn't exactly "living all your life". Also its the first time I've even posted a video of him, he's just having fun stop being such a glum bucket, there are plenty like him like Dustin Luke in Argentina.
I think you're wrong because even people from other countries admit they can tell differences, case in point, 'Joanna Rants' says, "Colombia has a bunch of different accents", even the BBC did a video on this fact.
Also, you think that the average person being able to differentiate at least 2-3 Colombian accents is little? And don't even get me started on the San Andres or Pastuso accents which are impossible not to differentiate.
Peruvian and Paisa taking the mick out of each-others accents...
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A lot of non-Colombian Latin Americans I know can't differentiate the Paisa accent that well, and the ones who can is probably because of all the hype about Escobar el patrón del mal and other tv series. There are also the people who thinks that all Colombians speak like Paisas, and that all of us say "parce", "eh ave marÃa pueshh", etc. I've had to explain a lot of people that I don't speak like that.
Colombian accent is getting more homogeneous. A lot of young people in cities like Cali, Medellin or Ibague is adopting Bogota's forms and manners of speaking.
2-3 years is enough to differentiate any country dialectal varieties.
What about 3 months and 2 weeks respectively (basically a tourist with limited Spanish)?
minute 4:35 - 6:35
I'm not saying everyone is perceptive but anyone with an ounce of speech perception can tell the difference. There are people that can't tell the difference between an Australian accent and a British accent or between Flamenco music and Salsa music. I'm talking about people that have some medium perception skills.
Let's compare each country's completeness based on the given criteria; Climate Diversity, Major Dialects, and Ethnic Diversity. Major Dialects can be a proxy for cultural regions.
Brazil:
Major Dialects: 16
Climates: 12
Ethnic Diversity: (European: Very High | Native: Low | African: High | ME: Med | Asian: Med)
Colombia:
Major Dialects: 11
Climates: 14
Ethnic Diversity: (European: Med-High | Native: High | African: High | ME: Med | Asian: Low)
Argentina:
Major Dialects: 6
Climates: 15
Ethnic Diversity: (European: Very High | Native: Low | African: Low | ME: Med | Asian: Low)
Mexico:
Major Dialects: 11
Climates: 16
Ethnic Diversity: (European: Med | Native: Very High | African: Low | ME: Low | Asian: Low)
When are you going to go down to Cordoba? I've always found it odd that that's the place you mentioned when you said you wanted to visit.
Cordoba and other areas like the llanos and also the pacific coast region. Bogota and Medellin seem very cool and I would like to visit those cities but it is the small cities, towns and rural areas that really attract my attention. I wish I could go now.
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