Actually, someone I knew in college spoke Catalàn. I just didn't want to confuse anyone. When deciding what to write I figured that all the dialects are "Spanish", just not all Castillian. Don't the Andalusians speak a different dialect as well?

I used to listen to my aforementioned friend talk on the telephone and started to catch on to the language a teensy bit. She got a big grin whenever I'd use a phrase on her that she didn't know I'd picked up! I forgot all of it, as it was only a brief period of time and I've worked on racetracks and horse farms with Latin American Spanish speakers. Drove the Italian right outta my head too!