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Originally posted by hertz
(Although comments like "Castillian Spanish will get you funny looks in Mexico" and "Puerto Rican Spanish...that's a WHOLE new ballgame" have me a bit freaked out.)
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Nah...don't be.
If you go to a community college, you will most likely learn Mexican Spanish. Although someone in Spain would call this "dirty Spanish," most Spanish speakers would understand. Same if you spoke Spanish from Spain to someone in Mexico.
Just like in English, it's spoken a bit differently, depending on which area you are in. Australia and Britain use words that Americans may not quite understand. How many Americans do you know that refer to 2 weeks as a "fortnight"? Some of us call a bathroom a "toilet," while Brits may use the term "loo." That's how Spanish can be. Where as Mexicans call a bus an "autobus," Puerto Ricans call it a "guagua" (pronounced like the convenience store chain: "wa-wa").
Worry about learning the language first...THEN worry about how to speak it where you're at.
