Sp bien/bueno (was:prescriptivism, conventions, irony, and could(n't) care less

[Paul Frank]

> Do some Spanish speakers use something like "Estoy bueno [de salud]", the
> way some English speakers say "I'm good" in this context?
> -- Doug Wilson

Nope, estoy bueno is not something a native speaker of any variety of
Spanish would ever say except, perhaps, to imitate a gringo.

The distinction I make between I'm good and I'm well is that to me I'm good
means that I'm feeling okay about things in general and I'm well means that
I am in good health. But maybe I've been wrong about this all along.

Paul
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