I’ve been to Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Guatemala,and Belize,and while in those countries,I have spoken with people from surrounding countries (Nicaragua,Salvador,Colombia,etc.).I also live near the border of Mex/US.I think that Mexicans are the easiest to understand because they seem to speak slower and more pronounced to me.Does anyone agree with this, or am I just nutty?Additionally, I noticed that the spanish on the spanish channels is not the way people sound in real life most of the time. Nobody sounds even remotely like a telenovela “down there”.My first few days in Panama I had smoke coming out of my ears,and noticed a huge difference when I heard the Mexicanos when I got home, and I felt fluent again.BTW espaƱol is my segundo language.Thanks for your input,mis amigos del internet!ciao!
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