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Jan 9	comment	Why isn't “good morning” “buenas mañanas”? As a funny side note, it is quite common to say just "Buenas..." (not specifying what) in some places, or at least in Argentina. It gets terribly practical when it's close to noon and you're not sure on what to say.
Oct 9	comment	Argentine slang 're' As a sidenote, sometimes in Argentina, `requete-` is used as a more emphatic version of `re-`. In the popular reasoning, it makes sense that it is bigger since it includes the word. :P
Oct 2	comment	¿Qué significa la expresión “a lo que te truje chencha”? ¡Muchas gracias! Sergio, ¿sabes si se usa en alguna zona en particular de México o es una expresión común en todo el país?
Aug 18	comment	Synonyms for big (grande), as in volume? Thank you! And thanks for the edits.
Jul 4	comment	Where does the expression “Oe oe oe oe oe, … oeee, … oeee” come from? Still, I'm pretty sure that "oe oe oe" is also used in football/soccer chants (although I do not know if it's a derivation of "Olé"). Specially when it is used for completing part of the son as to comply to a specific metric. While "Olé" is sometimes given, unofficially, a cheering significance, "oe" would be purely phonetic filling. Unfortunately, I do not have sources to backup my claim.
May 24	comment	What is the most universal way to say “keep the change”? Sorry if I expressed myself wrongly. I do think that the answer is ok, and that the chosen options are really the most common ones. I think it would be a good idea to add that information so if someone in the future looks at it will have a reference on what to say in specific situations / regions.
May 24	comment	What is the most universal way to say “keep the change”? I like this answer for the whole set of options which can be used. However, I think it should be pointed out that some of those are hugely informal and could be even taken as offensive it not said right.
May 17	comment	Spanish for “douche”? @PeterTaylor That's correct, I only found (or knew) translations that were regional, but JoulSauron, I get your point, that's highly possible. I've seen good suggestions here though.
May 12	comment	Is there a Spanish equivalent to “-ish”? I'm sure I've heard them. Thanks, you confirmed to me that they are, at the very least, regionalisms.
May 1	comment	Usar puntuación extra para expresar incredulidad Personalmente pienso que, de los dos casos expuestos con signos mixtos, es más útil abrir un signo de exclamación y cerrar un signo de interrogación. La razón es que la entonación del español indica interrogación hacia el final de la frase.
Apr 21	comment	Rules of style for Spanish It took me a while to write this comment because I actually read it all before commenting. I think it does not fulfill my expectations, although it gets close. It does cover usage of proper grammatics (only for journalism) and it does cover common error and usage of symbols. However, that is a minor element in the rest of the context, and I think that is the main point I want to see extended and with full detail.
Mar 30	comment	What is the longest word in Spanish? Same thing here, but with `magnetofluidohidrodinámica` 26 letters).
Mar 1	comment	Usage of plural in collective objects? +1 for citing sources. If there's no extra answer or comment that disproves this in some way soon, this is likely to become the actual accepted answer.
Mar 1	comment	Why does “toalla” sound like “tualla”? Isn't the case for Oaxaca quite special? I think the actual pronunciation for that one comes from Nahuatl.
Jan 16	comment	What's the meaning of “Y yo voy y me lo creo”? I actually heard it a lot too in Argentina. I guess it depends on the region, maybe?
Jan 6	comment	Origin of the name “Jesucristo” I cannot validate, but this does really sound feasible. The difference between the two Ss is really the phonetic emphasis they get because of their position in the word. Sadly, I cannot come up with any other examples right now. I will ask a language expert and see what she has to tell me on this later.