Rioplatanese and Lunfardo Essentially the Same
[QUOTE=ElQueso;435623]And even the Spanish have a hard time understanding the Rioplatense dialect...[/QUOTE]For those of you that are confused, Rioplatenese and Lunfardo are essentially the same. There are so many different words in Lunfardo, that I have seen bookstores in BA that sell dictionaries that purport to translate Lunfardo to "regular" Spanish. I have traveled throughout Hispano America, and have found that the Colombians and educated Peruvians speak the the purest Spanish, and Portenos speak the most bastardized. What is frustrating is that educated Portenos are taught proper Spanish in school and can understand "regular" Spanish, but they persist in speaking Lunfardo to someone who is not a native Porteno.
Since El Queso mentioned the word coger, I will tell an old joke.
A Spaniard asked a Porteno "Como coger un taxi?" (How do I catch a cab?
The Porteno replied "Tal vez por el tubo de escape" (Maybe by the exhaust pipe).
Tres3.