"Vos" in Spain and Mexico

LadyViolet   Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:05 pm GMT
Tú is formal in Costa Rica and Argentina because it sounds foreign and archaic, just like Vosotros.
Franco   Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:26 pm GMT
In Argentina the formal pronoun is usted.
ar   Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:18 pm GMT
What does an Argentine accent sound like to Spaniards and Mexicans? Pleasant/unpleasant? Hard/soft? Upper-class/lower class? Funny/Not funny?
Etienne   Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:27 pm GMT
But Franco, would you actually do anything about it if a stranger like moi were to address you as tu to your face? It's like how you don't actually express your views about people you don't like in public.
sm   Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:55 am GMT
<<What does an Argentine accent sound like to Spaniards and Mexicans? Pleasant/unpleasant? Hard/soft? Upper-class/lower class? Funny/Not funny?>>

Well, it sounds hmm... Argentinian, some people like it some don't, I don't think there's a general perception to it.
Franco   Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:57 am GMT
We Spanish find it circusesque.
Rob   Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:21 am GMT
Argentinians from around Buenos Aires zone tend to speak the Spanish language with a resemblance of Italian accent, ( not the case of Northern Argentina), and stressing, emphazaising all verbs in the last syllable always "agudo" accent sounds and pronouncing Y and LL as "SH",or "ZH" , don't know if they want to deviate purposly from the rest of Hispanoamerica during time, or because the Italian influence since 19th century. Sounds softer.........
kevin   Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:09 am GMT
We Spanish find it circusesque.
/Like Algo Pequeñito video?
Macho   Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:43 pm GMT
Argentinian dialect sounds femenin
French and Italian sounds femenin
Inglish is for gays, sounds "gay"
German and Mexican is for Man!!
Franco   Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:26 pm GMT
Italian "looks" more femenin than it sounds because Italian speakers move a lot their hands while they talk. It gets me nervous.
Ricochet   Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:57 pm GMT
Just curious,

1) was vos originally the singular version of vosotros in mainland Spain?

2) is vosotros used anywhere in Latin America where they use vos?
Morad   Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:51 pm GMT
Vosotros is not used anywhere in Latin America.
It's absent in Canary Islands too.