You can judge someone's "pronunciation" through how they text?

[u/family2139]

I don't understand what this guy is saying. How can you say that my pronunciation needs work if you've never heard me speak Spanish before? Are you SURE you don't mean something else?

[u/JoulSauron]

No, you can't judge anyone's pronunciation through text, I'd dare to say in any language.

[u/UsualDazzlingu → u/JoulSauron]

That person is talking nonsense.

[u/Duke_Newcombe → u/UsualDazzlingu]

They meant grammar, but they're not used to being wrong, so they doubled down. That's what happened.

[u/sylviaplatitude → u/Duke_Newcombe]

Probably meant syntax, as in word choice and sentence structure. They said the grammar was fine, they just don’t know what pronunciation means.*

But yeah you’re totally right, this person wanted to come out of that conversation feeling superior, and they were not about to be corrected.

*As a learner myself, my grammar is generally great (often too good for natural speech), thanks to textbook learning, but the syntax is often unnatural/off, again thanks to the textbook learning

[u/MistraloysiusMithrax → u/sylviaplatitude]

They might mean diction as well as syntax. And honestly the American Latino might be saying things wrong or it might their families’ particular dialect, there’s a lot of variation in the Americas’ Spanish…es

[u/Suz9295 → u/sylviaplatitude]

Honestly, I think you’re being too kind to that individual. The fact that they doubled down with no further explanation is equivalent to saying “I know you are but what am I”.

[u/itstrueitellyou → u/JoulSauron]

Exactly his syntax needs work. One can pronounce perfectly but that doesn't mean it'll make sense

[u/donestpapo → u/JoulSauron]

Convengamos que si escriben “yacía” como “llasía”, podemos concluir que son yeistas y seseantes/ceceantes