Talk:Costa Rican Spanish

Use of usted
In most foreign travel guides that I have read about Costa Rican Spanish, they generally always mention the "vos" conjugation as the dominate form there, even over "usted". Could anyone verify that?70.112.242.125 (talk)VuestraMerced (5 March, 2011) —Preceding undated comment added 00:10, 6 March 2011 (UTC).

Most foreigns in Costa Rica never hear vos because they never were able to speak 1- a decent spanish o 2- have a close relationship with a costa rican. The tourist industry normally use the formal voice 'usted', Vos is highly use by costa ricans between Costa Ricans, in familiar context, between friends etc.

R sound is not properly described
The article mentions the r is as done in English-speaking countries however this is not correct. The r sound in rica or in perro is distinct from the r in English rock. This is evident to any Costa Rican as it is easy to tell a English-speaking tourist by the way they pronounce Costa Rica, which is clearly different to the way locals pronounce it. In reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant I have been unable to find the name and IPA character for this sound. It is more similar to Voiced_retroflex_fricative however with a clear vibration. Like a f sound in English vibrated turns to v. Voiced retroflex fricative vibrated turns to this Costa Rican r. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acuna007 (talk • contribs) 04:42, 30 May 2012 (UTC)  Its similar to the Sicilian R (from Italy)