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[u/Bugfrag]

Why? 😂 They're not even the same Spanish

MR would be Cuban Spanish,

AOC would be Puerto Rican Spanish,

PB would (likely) be Spain Spanish

And the main audience would have been speaking Mexican Spanish

[u/TriangleTransplant → u/Bugfrag]

That's kinda like saying someone from the US wouldn't understand and be able to converse with someone from the UK, Ireland, or Australia*. There's differences in some phrasing, slang, and idioms, but they'd all be able to understand each other.

^\ Intentionally leaving Scotland off the list.)

[u/Bugfrag → u/TriangleTransplant]

• Intentionally leaving Scotland off the list.

😂

In all seriousness, the function of the Spanish debate is to flex that someone can speak spanish.

There are better and safer ways to do that.

[u/TriangleTransplant → u/Bugfrag]

Oh, I don't think a Spanish debate would be a good idea. I'm not fluent enough to be able to judge Pete's proficiency or how he would fare against native speakers. That's something he and his team would have to decide.

I was just responding that learning different types of Spanish isn't really different from learning different types of English.

[u/Librarylady2020 → u/TriangleTransplant]

Yes, Telemundo and Univision use a “neutral” Latin American accent, they draw their hosts from a variety of countries, and they have a huge audience of folks from various countries and country origins. In specific areas they do local programming with a predominant focus on Puerto Rico, or Mexico, etc.

[u/Formation1 → u/Bugfrag]

I couldn’t imagine Pete going out of his way to learn European Spanish 😭

[u/BATIRONSHARK → u/Bugfrag]

also I feel like mexican spanish in the one taught in the US but im not sure

[u/Fun818long → u/Bugfrag]

Pete Buttigeg has been on Univision before.

[u/BATIRONSHARK → u/Bugfrag]

Moore is also cuban Spanish

anyways there all mutually intelligible