Do you duo? LINGO that is.

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minardi Nov 2016 10:58am, 23 Nov 2016 3,787 posts	minardi mr min & I are also taking Spanish lessons - unfortunately duolingo spanish is south american spanish and not spanish spanish, if you get my drift. It can get confusing.
GregP Nov 2016 11:11am, 23 Nov 2016 87,263 posts	GregP It can. A cup of fruit juice, anyone?
Nick Cook Nov 2016 11:13am, 23 Nov 2016 27,158 posts	Nick Cook It's the same with Portuguese. Brazilian not European.
GregP Nov 2016 11:17am, 23 Nov 2016 87,267 posts	GregP Babbel is predominantly Castilian Spanish but sometimes points out Mexican or South American variations (see the 'cup of fruit juice' example above). Duolingo very rarely touches Vosotros/as - think I'd 'learned' a bunch of verbs without giving it a second thought.
GlennR Nov 2016 11:20am, 23 Nov 2016 22,875 posts	GlennR My OU Spanish stuff swings both ways, so Duolingo isn't too confusing. What is confusing is driving around Valencia with the sat nav giving all the street names in Castilian, whereas the actual street signs are in Valencian.
GlennR Nov 2016 6:46am, 24 Nov 2016 22,928 posts	GlennR He assumes that we are human.
panad Nov 2016 7:36am, 24 Nov 2016 839 posts	panad You will learn nothing
Ceratonia Nov 2016 10:25pm, 24 Nov 2016 4,576 posts	Ceratonia we are living on the earth
Ceratonia Nov 2016 10:44pm, 24 Nov 2016 4,577 posts	Ceratonia what is enlightenment?
Dochart Nov 2016 7:23am, 25 Nov 2016 873 posts	Dochart I love you, but not a lot