I am Colombian but raised in rural GA. So you can imagine my accent! hehehe... But to get back to my original reason for responding. My girlfriend is almost fluent in Spanish (school taught) and she can't pronounce anything in spanish unless she is completely sloshed. Then all of the sudden she sounds like a native latina! Berni (that is Decatur Georgian for Bernardo) -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: "warbi" <warbi at warbi.net> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Subject: Re: A Linguistic Note Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:31:17 +0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Hart" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:23 PM Subject: RE: A Linguistic Note Keep gender/person > references straight while drunk in whatever non-English language? Getting drunk (or whatever intoxicant they use) with the locals is one of the best ways to become conversationally fluent. You don't feel as embarassed making mistakes and you can pick up "colorful" argot. Of course, if you go overboard... hahaha warbi