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They make me laugh they are soooooo lazy ! he he
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bardofely
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| Chris_and_Leanne wrote: | | They make me laugh they are soooooo lazy ! he he |
I find that the drivers often do this dropping the s. I have also heard Realejo for Los Realejos and there he dropped the Los as well! 
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In La Grada they never bothered to say Commo Estas is was 'comosta' 
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jenny
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It's like some Brits saying wa'er instead of water, or bu'er instead of butter. It's just a pronunciation thing.
Decide whether you would like to say it "properly" or "pro'er-like" 
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bardofely
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| jenny wrote: | It's like some Brits saying wa'er instead of water, or bu'er instead of butter. It's just a pronunciation thing.
Decide whether you would like to say it "properly" or "pro'er-like" |
For the sake of being more easily understood I am opting for the latter option with place names!
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I think this is why my Spanish out of Tenerife never gets understood... I blame my friend Franci for teaching me such bad manners ! he he although it has gone now any way !
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| bardofely wrote: | | I also often hear Buenos for Buenos días! |
I thought that 'Buenos' or 'Beunas' was slang...like 'Hi' instead of 'good morning / afternoon' ??
The other one is when asked how they are the answer often is 'Bien tu' i.e. dropping the 'and'
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| andyfowles wrote: | | bardofely wrote: | | I also often hear Buenos for Buenos días! |
I thought that 'Buenos' or 'Beunas' was slang...like 'Hi' instead of 'good morning / afternoon' ??
The other one is when asked how they are the answer often is 'Bien tu' i.e. dropping the 'and' |
The Buenos/Buenas is just short version of Buenos Días/Tardes.
The "Bien tu" could be heard as "Bien. ¿Tú?" Like we could say in English "Good. You?". Or the y could just be swallowed/phrase shortened!
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Actually, with some of the Canarians, you could just utter a grunt and you'd be closer to their accent
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| jenny wrote: | The same could be said of most men  |
An improvement on the 'stony silence' approach employed by some miffed women!
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Uh oh, sounds like there is 'trouble in paradise' at the Sun4free Towers! The natives are definitely getting restless. Rob, you'd better double-check your coffee before you dunk your ginger biscuits this morning...
Don't worry folks, Juum will be back soon, so that's almost certain to restore office harmony... 
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