-The Andalucia accent (or maybe just Spain Spanish in general) frequently omits letters. My landlord (who has been incredibly kind to me and has told me about all the major sites to visit) told me to check out what sounded like "Medina Saura." Turns out it's Medina Azahara. Another example of this is "hasta luego," which is pronounced here as "aluego."
-Most of the pigeons are white. I guess the gray ones can't survive the heat.
-I see about the same number of fathers with strollers as mothers.
-In class today, a student commented that people from Andalucia don't value their accent/language. I guess the accent is stigmatized.
-People just let their dogs wander the street without supervision.
-Like in Boston, there are trees scattered around the city. Unlike in Boston, they're not maples. They're orange and clementine trees. The fruit is mostly still green though.
How Romantic: doves and orange trees and a musical language?
ReplyDeleteHere the maples have not yet begun to turn, but my bramble patch is full of asters, and pine needles turning from yellow towards brown light up the path through the woods.
Curious that the accent may be stigmatized. In my experience, that usually is a class issue or one of geographic marginalization. Wonder what's going on here?