This question comes up frequently. Historically speaking, Spanish came to the new world from Spain. The Spanish spoken in Spain is what is referred to as Castilian Spanish. The differences between Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish is something like the difference between British English and American English. Johnny Spanish, the host of Discover Spanish, has a Latin American accent.
People from different regions of the Spanish-speaking world sometimes use different words for the same thing. For example, the word for car in Mexico is carro. In Colombia, the word is carro or automóvil. But in Spain, the word is coche.
These differences are not that big a deal. If you are speaking Spanish correctly, people will be able to understand you no matter where you are in the Spanish speaking world.
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I liked the message in this blog but I just wanted to make sure we get the spelling right for the country of Colombia and the fact that automóvil carries the accent mark on the second "o".
Fixed. Thanks for noticing.
If I learn Spanish, which one should I choose. Latin American or Spain
In the United States today, most courses offer Latin American Spanish. This is probably due to the fact that the majority of Spanish speakers who have immigrated to the United States come from Mexico and other Latin American countries. It also makes sense that as Americans... North and South America, we have more in common with our neighbors to the South than we do to Spain.
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