Who are the slowest Spanish speakers
Item- issuer
- Quora
- Language
- English
- Date Accepted
- 11/29/19
- Title
- Who are the slowest Spanish speakers
- list of contributors
- Bob Leslie
- content
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I have only encountered LatinAmericans here in Europe, but I’ve met quite a few.
I never had any trouble understanding Mexicans I met. They spoke more clearly and slowly than the madrileños I met them with.
Argentinians too spoke clearly but with a chunk of vocabulary I had never heard before.
Venezuelans spoke clearly but a bit faster than Mexicans.
Peruvians spoke fairly clearly too - the ones I met in a musical context had those strange singing voices that could soar into the stratosphere from a normal baritone (I’m talking about the guys here!).
Chilenos and Cubans were the hardest to understand - their speech was even more cerrado than that of some of my Andaluz buddies - who are lovely people but not awfully good at producing nice crisp consonants!.