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Comment on How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?

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Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

There’s uh, lots more than 2. It’s similar to how there’s English English and Nigerian English, just dialectical differences - some more major than others.

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Charely6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Or American English and maybe southern American English? Not sure thats different enough to count.

Depending on how diverged they are people can communicate between them with various words or phrases that are different.

Ex. Americans use the word toilet, England uses loo (which might also refer to the whole bathroom? I’m sure someone from England will correct me)

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- SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Toilet can mean the whole room if separate (i.e. no shower or bath) or just the appliance, depending on context. Can use loo to mean what Americans would refer to as ‘bsthroom’/‘restroom’.
  
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- njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh it’s absolutely different enough to count.
  
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