WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by stephengillie on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @08:36PM (#10120336)

The first person informal plural (vos, vosotros) form of verbs isn't used outside Spain. Or maybe it's just not used in Latin America. Source: high school Spanish.

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by afy on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @09:29PM (#10120490)

There are parts of south america where vosotros is used, but I think what the parent was getting at is that it is not technically considered a 'tense', but rather a 'person' as in e.g. 'third person'

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by Shorel on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @09:57PM (#10120578)

In Colombia, the use of 'vos' means the person is from the region where sugarcane is cultivated, or the cities around.

That means Cali, Buenaventura and some others.

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by foldr on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @09:08AM (#10122603)

Yes, that's why I said "because of vosotros" in my post.

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Re:WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreig... by selimthegrim on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:26AM (#10185499)

I thought it was used in Argentina at least?

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