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[Colin_T]

Ah, but if I am right about Barcelona, then he'll have to thpeak thpanish fluently. That s and th thing is there. It'th on my litht of places I want to vithit thomeday.

Hopefully, you can get things sorted out enough that you can visit such places for pleasure. Travel's a great education everyone should take advantage of. I'm always shocked when I talk to people content to see only one country or one part of the world. Now, you travel for word from the experts - but maybe in the future you can travel for the sheer beauty and learning of it.

What the fuplie you talking about Willis (I mean Gary)? Did you have a stroke?

 

[GaryE]

In Latin America, people pronounce S. In Barcelona S becomes th, with a lisping sound. Are you asking if I had a thstroke?

 

[Essjay]

Hmm, is that Castillan Spanish or Catalan Spanish?

I learned Castillan Spanish at school and s was pronounced s. Z was pronounced th, as was c before i and e. When I shared a lab with a Chilean woman I had to try and learn to pronounce things the Latin American way. We managed to communicate quite well, my school Spanish and her not very perfect English

 

[GaryE]

I've encountered the "th" from Catalonia and even Madrid, but I don't know how far it spreads. I've yet to go to Spain (next week...) and know from teaching students here, and from travelling elsewhere.
Spanish is like English, every country secretly thinks the others are barbarians who speak sub-standard Spanish. Or French - my Anglo-Quebecois pronunciation was mocked in Paris, but I know the Parisians speak with an awful accent. And the Acadians where I am now???

Thank goodness I have the only correct English accent.

 

[Essjay]

As someone with a Lancashire English accent, tainted by a Teesside accent, I would have to disagree there

 

[JuiceBox52]

Ah, but if I am right about Barcelona, then he'll have to thpeak thpanish fluently. That s and th thing is there. It'th on my litht of places I want to vithit thomeday.

Hopefully, you can get things sorted out enough that you can visit such places for pleasure. Travel's a great education everyone should take advantage of. I'm always shocked when I talk to people content to see only one country or one part of the world. Now, you travel for word from the experts - but maybe in the future you can travel for the sheer beauty and learning of it.

I agree! Traveling is one of my passions, I’m thankful my parents provided me with the opportunity to travel, and that we were able to travel for our honeymoon

 

[JuiceBox52]

I've encountered the "th" from Catalonia and even Madrid, but I don't know how far it spreads. I've yet to go to Spain (next week...) and know from teaching students here, and from travelling elsewhere.
Spanish is like English, every country secretly thinks the others are barbarians who speak sub-standard Spanish. Or French - my Anglo-Quebecois pronunciation was mocked in Paris, but I know the Parisians speak with an awful accent. And the Acadians where I am now???

Thank goodness I have the only correct English accent.

Interesting! I know that while we are at the hospital we will have a translator with us, and during my appointment virtually the doctor spoke very clear English (he would have to, as he is world renowned and deals with patients all across the world and continent)

 

[Rocky998]

Ok wow. I didn't see this thread until now... I haven't been that active on the forum lately.
Now I'm kinda all caught up.

I'm sorry you're having to struggle so much but I'm glad things are starting to come together for you and you found a specialist willing to talk with you and hopefully be able to soon help you.

And that's awesome Daniel can speak fluent Spanish. He'll definitely be a huge help in Spain that way.

 

[JuiceBox52]

And that's awesome Daniel can speak fluent Spanish. He'll definitely be a huge help in Spain that way.

The perks of marrying a Cuban

 

[GaryE]

Next week I'll be in Spain, with almost no Spanish. When I try it turns into a mix of Spanish, French and the street Italian of my childhood. I grew up partly in an immigrant area where the big wave coming in was from Italy, and didn't know I had absorbed so much til I tried to speak Spanish in Guatemala. It was a soup of languages.
I started out studying history at University, and it has been very useful in my life, though it hasn't paid much. I'm off to spend under a week looking at the ancient Islamic kingdom of Grenada. I'm one of those nerds who frequents churches and mosques when I travel, along with museums. I have no religion, but religious architecture tends to be all that remains from forgotten kingdoms, and I can spend hours in cathedrals and churches. This will be my first time looking at Islamic creativity.
Being inquisitive in Spain in the heartland of the Spanish Inquisition should be food for thought.

I hope that in all the medical travel, you get to see some of the interesting sites and absorb some of the street feeling of where you'll be. I know the medical investigations come first, but I hope you can grab some time for your own food for thought.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Today was May 1st, kick starting ehlers-danlos awareness month.
I’ll be participating in the 31 days of EDS challenge by the The Ehlers-Danlos Society

Today was Day 1 - share a selfie featuring the book I illustrated that was officially released today!

 

[Colin_T]

Nice selfie of the dog, and a partial of you

Not sure I wanna know what the yellow stuff in the bag is

 

[JuiceBox52]

Nice selfie of the dog, and a partial of you

Not sure I wanna know what the yellow stuff in the bag is

Pineapple cocktail haha! They were drink containers themed for the medical stuff

Looks exactly like plasma though, definitely grossed some people out