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"Speaks many languages such as Austrian, Mexican, and Arabic"



"Mexican" is a national origin. "Spanish" is a language.

Captain90s wrote:"Speaks many languages such as Austrian, Mexican, and Arabic"



"Mexican" is a national origin. "Spanish" is a language.

well dahhh that's why its B/S

Mexicans don't speak actual 'Spanish'.
At MS they were referred to as 'the Spanish guys'. I said 'None of those guys have ever been to Spain'.
People that actually came from Spain had a hard time communicating with Mexicans.

In the Navy we had a Filipino that came from some mountain region, and not even the other Filipinos could understand what he was saying. So of course we always gave him a job that involved using the sound powered phones. Drove CIC nuts.

Guntrader wrote:Mexicans don't speak actual 'Spanish'.
At MS they were referred to as 'the Spanish guys'. I said 'None of those guys have ever been to Spain'.
People that actually came from Spain had a hard time communicating with Mexicans.

In the Navy we had a Filipino that came from some mountain region, and not even the other Filipinos could understand what he was saying. So of course we always gave him a job that involved using the sound powered phones. Drove CIC nuts.

Thats not quite true, Its like saying Americans dont speak English, And people from England cant communicate with people from America. We might have different words for certain things and our slang and vernacular might be slightly different but we can communicate quite well with each other. I had no problem getting by with my not actual Spanish in Spain.

And to get nerdy on you, in Spain they call it Catellano. Same language different name.

People from Spain think of the Mexican accent/way of speaking much like folks from WA think of barefoot hillbillies in TN or AL. It can be hard to understand. This is coming straight from both Mexicans and native Spaniards.

cossijo wrote:

Guntrader wrote:Mexicans don't speak actual 'Spanish'.
At MS they were referred to as 'the Spanish guys'. I said 'None of those guys have ever been to Spain'.
People that actually came from Spain had a hard time communicating with Mexicans.

In the Navy we had a Filipino that came from some mountain region, and not even the other Filipinos could understand what he was saying. So of course we always gave him a job that involved using the sound powered phones. Drove CIC nuts.

Thats not quite true, Its like saying Americans dont speak English, And people from England cant communicate with people from America. We might have different words for certain things and our slang and vernacular might be slightly different but we can communicate quite well with each other. I had no problem getting by with my not actual Spanish in Spain.

And to get nerdy on you, in Spain they call it Catellano. Same language different name.

Correction supposed to say CASTELLANO*

hkcavalier wrote:People from Spain think of the Mexican accent/way of speaking much like folks from WA think of barefoot hillbillies in TN or AL. It can be hard to understand. This is coming straight from both Mexicans and native Spaniards.

Mostly true. Spaniards seem to look down on all of Latin America's slight changes to the mother tongue...
I had a much harder time understanding speech in Colombia than I did in Spain. Now that is a drawl.

PMB wrote:

hkcavalier wrote:People from Spain think of the Mexican accent/way of speaking much like folks from WA think of barefoot hillbillies in TN or AL. It can be hard to understand. This is coming straight from both Mexicans and native Spaniards.

Mostly true. Spaniards seem to look down on all of Latin America's slight changes to the mother tongue...
I had a much harder time understanding speech in Colombia than I did in Spain. Now that is a drawl.

I can attest to that, Spain was the most racist place, at least towards Mexicans/Latinos, that I have been too. The Spaniards looked down on me for speaking their language but not being one of them. The nicest people I met there were immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and Scandinavia.

The biggest:

I expected this thread to be MUCH shorter...

Selador wrote:I expected this thread to be MUCH shorter...

Touche or whatever.

Good one

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I must be daft...I don't get your post.

I think its a fisherman with a mini-dude in a dress on laying on his lap.

#Whutsthatsignify

A proposed Obama era regulation requiring truck drivers to be screened for apnea is deemed ineffective and is withdrawn.

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Yet another Obama accomplishment. Thanks for the funding!

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