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Topics of the day:



 1. Slow Spanish accent

 2. SECOL Registration and Program



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Date:  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 17:55:02 -0500

From:  jeffrey howard allen <jhallen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UCS.INDIANA.EDU>

Subject: Slow Spanish accent



Just wondering if any of you native Spanish speakers or those who have

lived in Central and South American Spanish speaking countries know of a

corrollary to the following ones for French and German.



The French in France often refer to the Swiss French as having very slow

speech. My experience living in Europe for a number of years does

indicate that there is some truth to that, although I have not done any

quantifiable research on the subject. The Swiss Germans also appear to

to have a slower rate of speech than do other German speakers I know.



2 questions:

    1. Do Spanish speakers from Central and South America refer to

Spanish speakers in any single country as people that typically speak

SLOWERslower than those from other countries? And those who FASTER or

the FASTEST?

    2. Has any research been done on this subject for any of theose

languages and/or for English?



Please send replies directly to me at:



allenjh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cat.com  OR jhallen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]indiana.edu



Thanks



Jeff Allen