12. Latin American Spanish seen by a Spaniard | Clara González Tosat part 1 of 2

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Clara González Tosat is a journalist native of Spain who spent five years in the United States teaching Spanish and also working with Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University doing research about the usage of Spanish in the US, with her particular focus on digital news and radio stations.

How and when did she --born raised in Spain-- discover that other types of Spanish existed? How did she feel about it? Was there any emotional meaning attached to accents from other countries being Spain the "inventor" of the Spanish language?

And what does the Colombian soap opera Pasión de Gavilanes have to do in all of this?

You'll also find out how one particular Spanish verb can save your life in Spain and get you killed in Latin America --if said to the wrong person; if you say to the right person, you might get a happy memory out of it!

This is part 1 of my conversation with Clara, where we focus on the Spanish language itself. For part 2, we'll go into cultural differences, stereotypes and particular behaviors among Spanish-speaking countries; always a revealing --if not risky-- subject.

You can reach out to Clara via her Twitter account @Clarita_Wba

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